00:23.8
So I would just see you on your socials, you know, just be updated with you
00:29.1
I think I'm good, I'm excited, I have a good energy
00:32.2
I'm, you know, I've been working but I'm not telling people what I'm doing
00:37.9
It's just not me to like announce everything that I do
00:42.1
So I finished Cellblock
00:44.8
I, you know, produce films now
00:49.5
So I've been studying and, you know, I've created this work for myself
00:53.9
You know, kind of changed my title
00:59.7
But I'm still like working on stuff
01:01.9
So until lumabas siya, that's, ganoon lang yung galing ko
01:04.1
Until lumabas siya, trabog siya, yeah, I'm announcing stuff
01:06.4
But, you know, I'm really happy with, you know, this energy now that I'm back
01:12.8
I'm back, in front of the camera, you know, I'm announcing stuff that I've been working on
01:17.5
You know, I've built so many things and, yeah, now it's time to show up
01:23.5
We're gonna talk about Cellblock in a bit
01:25.5
Kasi marami akong tanong dyan
01:27.1
But let's start with going back
01:29.0
Your last teleserye was Halik
01:32.5
May nakita kaming mga photos with Dreamscape executives
01:36.0
Ibig sabihin ba nito you're working with a Dreamscape project?
01:39.2
I'm working, yeah, with the Dreamscape team
01:43.1
I'm working with Star Cinema
01:45.5
I actually went to Star Cinema to pitch a project
01:48.7
That's why I was here
01:51.9
I wasn't telling people, of course, like I said kanina
01:54.5
But I came in as a producer and, you know, one of the teams that I was working with was DreamScape
01:59.0
So, that's why I was here
02:04.0
I was very excited
02:05.1
Sobrang tagal kong hindi nakabalik dito
02:07.7
It was just like the energy is still there, you know, it's nice to be back here sa ABS
02:11.7
But for this one, yes, I accepted a project under Dreamscape
02:19.0
Alam ko hindi pa pwedeng sabihin ng detalye, but what made you say yes?
02:23.1
It's a good project
02:25.3
It's a really good project
02:27.3
For you to come out of your...
02:30.9
Cave talaga, ano?
02:32.0
My cave, I live under a rock, e diba?
02:34.0
Ganun, so parang it's the...
02:35.6
For me, it's timing, timing's everything
02:37.2
So, it's the perfect project, something that I'm...
02:41.2
That's aligned sa goals ko for, you know, my career now
02:50.2
And the story's good
02:51.7
Kailan yung parang lightbulb moment mo na, okay, it's about time?
02:56.7
It was actually yung...
02:58.8
Decision was this year talaga to roll all of the projects that I've been working on
03:03.2
So, I made, you know, I made a plan for myself starting 2024 to about 2027, 2028
03:10.3
So, I made, I made like a, you know, like a plan for myself
03:13.2
To be here in Manila, in the Philippines, diba?
03:17.4
Kasi, I've, you know, I've been traveling
03:19.6
You know, we bought an apartment in New York
03:21.4
You know, lived a little bit, yung onte sa LA, ganyan
03:24.8
Pero, you know, syempre yung puso ko talaga nandito sa Pilipinas talaga
03:28.7
So, I made a plan for myself to roll all of the projects that I've been working on
03:28.8
And I think, you know, I get the biggest support here, of course, from ABS
03:33.6
So, I said, this year is the year that, it's a yes year for me
03:40.0
Sa lahat ng tatanungin ko, puro yes
03:42.6
So, in-offer nila, it's a yes year for all good things, you know what I mean?
03:47.6
But, when they offered, they called me up, they said, are you open?
03:52.2
I said, I'm open to, it started when I pitched to Star Cinema
03:57.0
And that was me saying, I'm open to working with you guys now, I'm back
04:03.5
Medyo, little bit parang, ano ba ito?
04:06.8
Alam mo yung parang pinapasok mo ulit sa suit yung katawan mo, parang ganyan
04:09.7
Seeing the dressing rooms again
04:11.9
The tower again, the building, everything, no?
04:14.6
But let's talk about Cell Block this time
04:16.7
You're headed to Cannes
04:19.0
No, we went, the show went to Cannes
04:21.5
To, obviously to be, it's the market kasi eh
04:26.8
So, we're selling the project to, I mean the team is selling the project to the global audience, diba?
04:31.8
So, different markets, different countries and everything
04:34.2
It's a very exciting time
04:35.4
So, the project will be basically shown globally
04:41.5
You know, so, I'm going to Cannes
04:44.8
But, I'm gonna miss this conference
04:49.4
I'm still going to Cannes in May
04:54.1
To study, you know, philosophy
04:56.8
And, you know, the market and, and just understand
04:59.6
Yeah, understand, it's part of me as, you know, learning to be a producer
05:03.0
And so, I went as far as really going out of the country para lang, para malaman natin kung ano yung gusto ng buong mundo
05:11.3
So, I'm really dedicated to, ano
05:13.5
Wala pang detalya kung kena siya ipapalabas?
05:16.2
Oh, ipapalabas siya ng June or July
05:19.7
I can't say kung which, which, which platform
05:24.5
But, yes, it's going to be
05:28.3
Yeah, that's third quarter
05:31.1
Early third quarter of this year
05:32.8
How proud and what can you say about it?
05:34.7
Oh my God, I'm very proud
05:36.0
I'm so, I can't wait
05:37.7
I'm so eager na to, to show it
05:40.3
I've been holding back
05:42.5
Can't wait for everyone to see, you know, what we've, what we've worked on
05:46.6
It's the biggest, it's the biggest project I've worked on
05:52.4
In your whole life?
05:53.7
Yeah, budget wise, budget wise and
05:56.8
The size and the length
05:58.2
Well, it's a series
05:59.2
It's an eight-part series
06:02.2
And, um, I won't, I won't say how much the budget is
06:06.4
But it's really big
06:07.7
And it's the biggest number I've ever seen in terms of, like, what I've worked on
06:11.7
Jericho, for accuracy, lang sa'n niyo ito sinut?
06:14.5
Um, we created our own set
06:16.7
Uh, here in, in the Philippines
06:18.3
Kasi the project is, um, it's about the jail system in the 90s
06:22.7
So, we, we bought, the production bought, uh, cars from the 90s
06:26.6
Um, we, we bought, the production bought, uh, cars from the 90s
06:26.8
Costumes from the 90s
06:28.5
Guns from the 90s
06:30.3
Costumes from the 90s
06:31.9
We created an entire prison system
06:34.8
A cell, uh, you know, kulungan
06:38.6
We, we rented, um, a, uh, an abandoned hospital for months
06:44.0
Ginawa namin basketball court
06:46.7
Ginawa namin yung, uh, church
06:49.2
Ginawa namin yung mga cells
06:50.4
Ginawa namin yung, yung mess hall
06:52.5
Ginawa namin lahat niya
06:53.8
Just the makeup, prosthetics
06:56.6
Alone, just, it just was so excellent, so good, so big
07:01.0
Everything was big
07:02.7
So, I'm so proud of the project and I can't wait for it, for everyone to see it
07:07.5
So, we can't wait
07:12.0
Also, recently, I saw your, um, reconnection with Mr. M
07:16.8
With the whole friends, how was that?
07:19.4
I'm close to, of course, I'm close to that family
07:22.3
Always close to that family
07:23.7
Pero naghiwahiwalay kayo nung COVID time eh, diya?
07:26.6
Yeah, just because, you know, of course, sila, Mr. M, had to be separate
07:30.3
But we all, we all went through, like, a lot of, um, you know, our own time, syempre, the pandemic yan
07:36.5
But, you know, Mr. M and I are always, we're family
07:40.7
What do you miss most about coming back or show business?
07:44.1
Oh my God, just, um, like I told you, it's like, yes year for me, diba?
07:48.6
And, you know, just constantly meeting new people, constantly, um, you know, that's just the energy of
07:56.6
Of being around creatives
07:59.3
Um, of course, there's parties, of course, there's dinners
08:03.6
But more than anything, it's, it's, you know, finding people who you can create with
08:09.9
That's, that's what I miss
08:10.9
Kasi syempre, you know, learning to be a producer, learning to be, you know, a writer or a creative, ganyan
08:19.0
It's, it gets lonely
08:20.5
Because you're always alone, you're always finding ideas, you're questioning yourself all the time
08:26.3
You're procrastinating
08:26.6
You're procrastinating so much, you know that
08:28.4
Inaawin mo rin yung sarili mo
08:29.9
Yeah, yeah, may gano'n, diba? You doubt yourself so much
08:32.6
And so it's nice to have that energy, that support that you get from, from, from everybody
08:37.3
But aside from career and saying yes to really nice projects, what is your goal for 2024?
08:46.6
See, I, my, my artist is my king
08:51.4
So, that's my, you know, my company's
08:56.6
You know, my company's motto or, or mantra is very, very, very simple
09:03.7
We just always have to have fun in everything that we do
09:07.3
And I want to be the happiest actor I can be
09:10.1
As simple as that
09:11.9
Yeah, and how do I do that?
09:13.3
Work with the best
09:14.7
Just work with the best
09:15.8
Work with the best, work on the stuff that you really want to work with
09:18.4
Be honest with yourself
09:20.8
Be, you know, be unapologetically you
09:24.2
And if you need to sacrifice certain things
09:26.6
Then sacrifice certain things
09:28.2
But the goal is to be happy
09:32.2
Is finding love part of your 2024?
09:37.8
So, the rumors are not true
09:42.7
I don't want to bring it up
09:44.1
I don't, I don't, I don't read social media
09:46.5
I mean, sometimes
09:47.8
Would you give me permission to ask you that?
09:48.9
Sometimes I go like that
09:50.9
No, don't, I'd rather not
09:52.6
I don't want, I don't want to pollute my mind, so
09:55.0
Okay, so it's not part of your career?
09:56.6
Your goal, falling in love in 2024
09:58.4
Finding new love, sorry
10:00.2
It's too early for that
10:02.2
Ah, okay, okay, okay
10:03.6
So, it's just having fun with work
10:06.3
I love my job, I love my, you know
10:08.8
Like, it's the year of rebuilding things
10:14.1
Your son, how is he doing?
10:16.7
Yeah, he's doing really, really good
10:18.8
He just signed up with Davao Aguilas
10:22.3
It's a football team
10:23.2
So, he's a professional football player now
10:26.6
I'm so proud of him
10:27.9
He's experiencing, you know, this new thing
10:33.6
It's a sport, it's a passion, it's a career
10:39.0
Yeah, he's a model, but he really loves football
10:43.2
He really loves football, he loves, you know, he's a very loving man
10:48.4
I should say he's a man now, you know
10:50.9
So, and then, you know, we have this bond, we still enjoy it, we hang out a lot
10:54.2
Yeah, I'm proud of him, super
10:58.9
Parang yung pagiging sporty, may sporty side
11:02.2
Broken bones and everything
11:04.3
Pero sa kanya yun, nakuha niya
11:05.4
He just doesn't really want to be an actor
11:08.4
Your message to your fans who are probably just jumping for joy right now, seeing you back
11:14.7
Kasi ako din talaga na weird naman, ako nakita-kita kanina
11:17.7
But I was like, this is kind of weird, ah
11:19.9
It's weird, right?
11:20.7
Yup, yup, yup, yup
11:21.7
Seeing Echo back here again
11:24.0
Um, it's unbelievable
11:26.5
Because I treat everyone the same
11:29.0
And to see people here from ABS-CBN just say that they're so happy that I'm back
11:34.6
It means the world to me
11:36.1
And it has washed away all of the doubts, you know, all of the questions that I had
11:41.5
Sa sarili ko, you know, of course, you know, I'm just a person
11:44.9
I ask my, I doubt myself
11:46.8
But then, being reassured that, you know, you left something good and people remember that
11:55.0
You know, the people who support me, the fans who support me
12:00.6
And they're always asking me, when are you gonna go back?
12:03.1
When are you gonna go back?
12:04.1
This is, this is like, for me, to me, it's fire
12:06.7
And so, I just wanna, I just wanna return, you know, that
12:12.1
I just wanna give back that love through, like, doing good stuff, doing amazing things that
12:17.9
I mean, hopefully amazing things that everyone
12:20.7
It's you that makes me smile
12:21.2
No naman, meaning like, meaning like that everyone will be proud of
12:24.5
You know, I try my best
12:25.8
It's always, it's always good projects naman if it's you
12:29.1
One last, curious lang ako
12:30.7
Would you be open to do a reunion project with Christine Hermosa?
12:35.1
Oh my God, I've been, I've been asking that for the longest time
12:38.8
Pero, of course, it's up to, it's up to Christine
12:41.2
It's up to Christine
12:42.2
I mean, no pressure and stuff
12:43.9
But that's something that, that's something, you know, it's always there
12:47.4
It's just parked there, you know, nandyan lang siya
12:49.3
But, syempre, you wanna respect, you wanna respect if Christine doesn't wanna work anymore or something
12:54.5
I mean, yeah, yeah
12:56.8
So, yeah, I'm open to, it's yes year
13:02.4
So, any good thing, any positive thing, yes tayo dyan
13:05.4
Any new experiences, yes lang
13:08.6
Alright, thanks Echo, salamat
