Julia Barretto on Inigo Pascual: ‘He deserves to be my last dance’

For her grand debut, Julia Barretto made sure that her Para Sa Hopeless Romantic leading man Inigo Pascual would not only be invited but would have a special part in her 18 roses. “Inigo is my last dance. Ako yung personal na pumili kay Inigo because he’s become such a good friend of mine talaga, somebody I can trust siguro my entire life. I feel and he’s going to be my partner-in-crime this whole year. And feeling ko for the next years to come so parang I feel that he deserves to be my last dance,” she admitted. Also invited to the affair but will not be part of her 18 roses is Julian Estrada. Julian once publicly apologized to Julia during the latter part of last year when he admitted they were a couple. “He’s invited. He’s actually going I heard. No, kumpleto na [yung 18 roses]. May 19 candles na ako, ayoko ng mag-19 roses! Baka malito yung tao,” she explained.

The pretty mestiza admitted that lately she and Inigo have gotten to know each other better while making the movie which just wrapped up shooting last week. “Special friend because iba si Inigo talaga. You will see kung gaano ka-genuine yung tao hindi dahil lalake siya ganito siya, it’s the way he was raised. Mabait siya, gentleman siya eh. Bihira lang makahanap ng kaibigan na ganun eh,” she shared.

When asked if she would ever see themselves as being more than friends, Julia said she is more focused on her career than on taking things to the next level. “Parang never ko pa naisip yun. Kasi now talaga, ngayon pa lang na-te-test yung love team namin. We don’t want to get relationships in the way naman, na makasira ng friendship and then work after,” she added.

After denying that Inigo is courting her, Julia was asked to reveal what kind of guy she is attracted to. “Parang wala kasi akong type. ‘Di ba ganun naman tayo ‘pag may makita tayo tapos ma-in love hindi naman natin inexpect na ganun pala type natin?” she said.

The 18-year-old actress admitted that she has not experienced being totally in love yet. “Na-in love? That's such a deep word, such a deep feeling. Siguro I cannot safely say that I’ve been in love.” As an adult, Julia said she does not know exactly what to expect on how to act. “I really don’t know but so far sa mga naririnig kong what to expect is more responsibilities, they expect you to be more mature and wiser in making decisions,” she said.