The comedic Cindy Kurleto

We’ve all seen her in magazines and on MTV, but lately, we’ve also been seeing a lot of her in various Kapuso shows where she shines and blooms as expected. These days, she keeps busy with Daddy Di Do Du, a show she has been part of for two years. She plays Greta, the love interest of Daddy Kul (Vic Sotto). Cindy Kurleto dishes on how it’s like to do comedy. “She is from Austria, like me, she speaks German, and (she and Daddy Kul) have been dating for a year and they’re always talking about marriage but it never pushes through.” Her role as Greta is a far cry from the glamorous roles she has done in the past. But what is most striking about Cindy is her willingness to try new things, no matter how tough they may be. “Actually, sa mga commercials ko, that’s where they kept telling me, parang, I’m so happy when they allowed me to act, because as a model, you always have to look, not really stiff, pero you know, you don’t smile too much, you always look beautiful, and me naman, sa mga commercials, I always wanted to be goofy, so there. There nag-start ‘yung feeling na I want to act.” What Cindy loves most about doing comedy is “Masaya. Sobrang saya. Kasi, as you can tell, everything goes very easy, palaging one take lang. ‘Yung comedy dito parang pamilya talaga yung conversation. Ang gusto ko dito, yung comedy, pang-family talaga.” Cindy shares her funniest experience on the set. “One time, I had to sing and dance as my character, at hindi ako marunong kumanta. Pero sa performance na ‘yan, dapat hindi talaga magaling, so dapat OA na OA! On purpose na OA na singing and dancing…’yun talaga, kasi, that time I was only with them half a year, (I) really had to go, you know, dare to do that.” She may have removed the ethereal magic of her characters in Encantadia and Etheria but Cindy continues to flex the acting muscle while she tickles your funny bone. Catch her as Greta in Daddy Di Do Du every Sunday at 10:00PM! -- Text by Jillian Q. Gatcheco.