Nora Aunor On Being Directed By Gina Alajar In 'Onanay'. Has No Idea Daughter Lotlot De Leon Is Getting Married. Wants To Write Her Autobiography

NORA AUNOR and Gina Alajar, two of the country’s most awarded actresses, have worked together before in films like “Andrea, Paano Ba Maging Isang Ina” and “Condemned”, but as co-stars. Now, they’re working together again in GMA-7’s new teleserye, “Onanay”, but this time with Nora as lead actress and Gina as the director. At the presscon, we were lucky to have been seated with Ate Guy on the same table while she’s having dinner and we ask her how is it being directed by Gina Alajar? “Para lang nung idirek lang ako ni Ricky Davao sa last soap ko, ‘Little Nanay’, mas kampante agad ako kasi pareho kaming artista kaya nagkakaintindihan kami agad. Walang problema at all,” she says
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She expresses her happiness to be part of a trend-setting show like “Onanay”. “Sobrang kakaiba ito kasi binigyan ng GMA ng break to play lead ang isang maliit na taong gaya ni Jo Berry, na siyang gumaganap bilang anak ko sa istorya,” she says. “Lagi siyang inaapi dahil kulang siya sa height at ako ang tagapagtanggol niya. Marami siyang pinagdaanan dito. Pinakasalan siya ni Adrian Alandy pero inapi-api siya ng biyenan niyang si Cherie Gil. Nagka-baby sila, si Kate Valdez, pero kinuha at pinalaki ni Cherie kaya ikinahihiya si Jo. Nagkaroon ng isa pang anak si Jo nang ma-rape siya, si Mikee Quintos, na hindi naman niya gaanong pinapansin kasi nga produkto ng rape.”

So how is Jo as an actress considering she has no previous acting experience? “Magaling siya, parang hindi baguhan. Maraming maiiyak sa mga eksena namin dito.”

How’s her health now? “Okay naman. Kaya lang, nagkaroon ako ng asthma. So sabi ng doktor, bawal ako mapagod masyado, bawal magpuyat. Sinabi ko ito sa GMA at binigyan naman nila ako ng cut off. I report sa set ng 6 AM. Hanggang 5 PM ang cut off ko, pero kung hindi pa ako tapos, I stay up to 7 PM.”

We heard she has cases filed in Bicol for some of her properties that were illegally claimed by others? “Yes. kaya nga pabalik-balik ako noon sa Bicol, mga three times a week. Awa ng Diyos, baka maayos naman. 40 hectares din yun ng palayan and 25 hectares ng niyugan. Sayang naman.”

How’s her kids? “Okay naman. Yung apo ko kay Ian, napaka-cute. Gwapo.” Does she know that Lotlot is getting married soon to her Lebanese boyfriend? “Hindi. Naku, Kuya, huwag na lang natin pag-usapan yan.”

How about her own lovelife? “Ay, wala. I swear. Hindi ko naman hinahanap. Ang gusto kong gawin ngayon is to write my autobiography. Sino kayang puedeng tumulong sa akin?”

We pointed to writer Nestor Cuartero who was seated with us. “Ay, Kuya Nestor, pwede mo kong tulungan?” she asks him directly. Nestor quickly agrees. “So mag-set tayo ng meeting. This will be a series of interbyuhan.”

We said it should be no holds barred. “Ay, oo. Lahat ng totoong nangyari sa’kin, wala akong itatago.”