TV host Luane Dy tries acting in I Heart U Pare

LUANE DY is happy to do her first acting role in GMA-7’s “I Heart U Pare” as the girlfriend of Dingdong Dantes. But Dingdong’s dad from whom he is estranged, Butz Aquino, wants her to marry his brother, Ian Veneracion, instead. Dingdong arranges to elope with Luane but she’s prevented by her own parents, Racquel Villavicencio and Chinggoy Alonzo, from meeting him. He then goes to Vigan and meets Regine Velasquez. They spend a magical night together hoping to meet each other again someday, but Regine figures in an accident that injures Ian Veneracion so she hides and runs away to Manila and disguises herself as a drag queen. Luane feels lucky to be with tops stars like Dingdong and Regine in “I Heart U Pare”.

“Maganda rin ang exposure ko rito kaya suwerte talaga. I really want to be an actress. Gusto kong umarte kasi maarte talaga ako,” she laughs.

So which is harder and which does she prefer more: hosting or acting? “Sanay na ko sa hosting, so new challenge for me ang acting kasi kailangan mong araling mabuti ang role mo. Sa ABS before, I already did ‘The Wedding’ with Anne Curtis, so this is not exactly new for me. But I find my role in ‘I Heart U Pare’ much more exciting. As to what I prefer, pareho, puede naman silang pagsabayin. Actually, gusto ko talaga, maging international supermodel. Problema lang, I lack the height.”

“I Heart U Pare” will always be memorable for Luane as this where she met her boyfriend, Carlo Gonzalez, the cousin of Dingdong who plays an assassin out to kill Regine in the show. “Bago pa lang kami. One month pa lang kasi January lang kami nag-on. We’ve known each other for quite a time pero na-develop lang kami working together sa taping.”