Commercial model, television and film actor, Jake Cuenca has taken on his first gay role for the upcoming episode of “Maalaala Mo Kaya” of ABS-CBN this September 3, 2011. He will be playing the life story of a Filipino transgender in Spain.

Veteran actors Ricky Davao and Vivian Velez are also in this project - which was shot in Barcelona. Velez was impressed by Cuenca's acting expertise. The actor said, “It’s a delicate role, and na-balance niya. Ang galing ni Jake.” Velez was all praises for him.

It was a challenging role for Cuenca. He admitted that he took extra effort to bring life to the character.

During an interview with "TV Patrol" on Thursday, he said, “I was scared. I didn’t know if I could pull it off, but thanks to the letter-sender nandoon siya so mas napadali ‘yung trabaho namin ‘don.”