On July 6, director Ma-An Asuncion-Dagñalan shared about the U-Belt urban legend that inspired their upcoming movie ‘Home Service.’
At the media conference for ‘Home Service,’ Asuncion-Dagñalan shared anecdotes from her husband Mike Dagñalan and their editor Gilbert Obispo about the urban legend that inspired the story of their upcoming movie.
“Ang husband ko kasi si Mike, sabi niya, talagang galing siya doon sa legend sa U-Belt, sinabi naman niya. Nakakatawa nga during our offline edits, ‘yung editor namin na si Gilbert Obispo, siya mismo din nagvalidate. Sabi niya, ‘Oo, totoong nangyayari ‘yan sa U-Belt.’ Gumanon siya, so gumanon siya. ‘Yung sa U-Belt nga. So yes, totoo ‘yun.”
She then revealed that her husband lifted the main character in ‘Home Service’ from one of his previous films.
“Kasi di ba? Batch one ‘yung ano, si Mike sa Cinemalaya, 2005, ngayon may character siyang girlie doon. Nurse–nursing student. So doon niya ni-lift ‘yung character ni Happy na role ni Hershie. So doon, parang spin-off siya, tapos doon ginawan na niya ng kwento, ‘yung Home Service, kasi nga legend siya sa U-Belt. Basta legend ‘yung kwento na ‘yun, tapos in-update na lang niya.”
The upcoming Vivamax film ‘Home Service’ stars Angelica Cervantes, Hershie de Leon, Mon Mendoza, and Vance Larena.
Under the direction of Asuncion-Dagñalan, ‘Home Service’ streams on July 14 via Vivamax with an early release on July 8 via Vivamax Plus.
