Why was the taping of “Iglot” delayed? “Many factors and I want to stress Claudine Barretto is not one of them. Una yung location. We wanted sana to tape in Bicol for Mayon kaso sunod-sunod ang bagyo roon. We decided not to wait and moved to Arayat in Pampanga. Doon lumabas yung egg na magiging Iglot. Tapos, nahirapan din kami looking for the right girl who’d play Claudine’s missing child. We tried more than 200 new child actresses and we’re happy with Milkcah Nacion. She just turned 6 last July but very gifted, matalino, at mabilis maka-pick up ng kahit anong instruction. Nakikipagsabayan sa eksena kahit sa senior stars like Manay Celia Rodriguez na siyang aampon at magmamaltrato sa kanya rito. Kahit special effects lang ang kasama niya, ang galing-galing niya. She’s my next bet for child stardom.”
What about the creature called Iglot? “We asked several designers para mabuo ito and ang hitsura niya is now officially patented. Iglot is a combination of live animatronics, puppetry and computer generated special effects. Sa second week siya lalabas. Sa first week kasi, we establish muna the story of the human characters kung paano inagaw si Claudine from Marvin Agustin by Luis Alandy using Patrick Garcia and Jolina Magdangal. Ninakaw nina Luis at Patrick ang baby nina Claudine and Marvin at mapupunta ito kay Manay Celia and later, kay Jolina. Inestablish ko rin na yung back story ng Iglot is from the tribe called Unggiko who can heal any kind of sickness, as seen in the series, ‘Mulawin’. Bianca King guest stars here as Aviona, ang taong ibon who hides the last egg ng Unggiko inside the volcano na later on, napulot naman ni Milkcah Nacion.”