Richard Gutierrez concentrates muna sa environmental advocacy

Richard Gutierrez concentrates muna sa environmental advocacy
Article posted November 27, 2008
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After Codename: Asero, Richard Gutierrez is taking a very short break from making television serials. However, while on vacation from acting, the young actor will be busy hosting GMA-7's newest program on "Bilib Ka Ba Nights" block, Full Force Nature, which will premiere on December 2 after GMA Telebabad.

The program immediately appealed to the young actor when the network presented to him the idea of the show. Although its original version in the United States shows original video clips of unbelievable weather moments, the Philippine version changes it a bit by choosing Richard, an advocate of environment, as the host.

As a Greenpeace celebrity spokeperson, the 24-year-old actor will now have a wider venue to fulfill his role of spreading awareness about problems and issues concerning the environment. In between the video clips that will be shown, Richard will give simple but very helpful tips in saving mother earth.

The young actor said that Full Force Nature will definitely show the other side of Richard Gutierrez.

"I'm an active environmentalist and I wanna help also the group of Greenpeace and the other environmental groups. I think this is my calling, to create awareness for the people regarding global warming and other environmental problem," said Richard during the presscon of Full Force Nature last night, November 25.

He added, "Full Force Nature, ang kaibahan nito is you really feel the wrath of nature and mga hindi natin nae-experience dito, mga puwede ring mangyari sa atin dito, makikita mo sa TV kung ano talaga ang nararamdaman ng mga taon nakaka-experience no'n. So, 'yon pa lang, entertaining and exciting na for the audience. At the same time, it cuts to me giving ideas and pointers on how we can avoid these matters."

GREENPEACE ADVOCATE. The young Gutierrez said that it was really his idea to help groups that supports environmental causes such as GreenPeace.

"'Yon ang naging calling ko, e," he said. "I mean, for me, maraming different problems na nangyayari sa mundo—number one is hunger, number two is overpopulation, number three is global warming. For me, global warming ang napili ko dahil talagang ever since I was a kid I love nature. Siguro, I just had a calling for it. Siguro kanya-kanya tayong purpose dito sa mundo and siguro 'yon ang purpose ko."

As a celebrity spokesperson, Richard said that he helps the group with its non-violent moves in saving the environment. One example of this is creating informative videos that will reach a lot of people around the country, like his past documentary Signos.

Within the next few weeks, Richard will go to Boracay to shoot a video for the tourists who visit the place. Then, by next year, GMA-7 will be doing another documentary similar to Signos.

He reiterated, "Ang goal ko talaga is to create awareness sa youth, sa kabataan. So we're gonna go to different schools, that's one of my projects next year. Signos was something informative. Signos, by the way, is now out on DVD. Hopefully, schools can watch that."

Keep your eyes open for Richard's latest show Full Force Nature when it airs on December 2, 2008 only on GMA.

SIMPLE lang ang magiging Christmas celebration ng Gutierrez family.

SIMPLE lang ang magiging Christmas celebration ng Gutierrez family.

Ito ang itsinika ni Richard Gutierrez sa presscon ng bagong
infotainment show niyang Full Force Nature, na mapapanood tuwing
Martes, pagkatapos ng GMA Telebabad, simula December 2.

Ayon sa aktor, gaya ng dati’y sa bahay lang sila magpa-Pasko’t
magkakaroon ng simpleng party para sa mga kasambahay.

“Every year naman, we try to give back to our helpers,” ani Chard.

Doubly meaningful daw ang Christmas ng buong pamilya this year, dahil
as we all know, kararaos lang nila sa krisis pangkalusugan ng ama’t ina.

Still recovering ang siney ni Chard nang kumustahin ng press ang mommy
niyang si Annabelle Rama, na nag-undergo ng hysterectomy sa Asian
Hospital nu’ng isang linggo.

Ang daddy naman niyang si Eddie Gutierrez, 20 years younger daw ang
pakiramdam mula nang sumailalim sa angioplasty.

Dagdag pa ni Chard, “Ngayon, healthy living na kaming lahat. Lahat ng
pagkain sa bahay, healthy na, hindi katulad dati.

Sa Dec. 2, sabay-sabay na lilipad sina Chard, Tita Annabelle at Tito
Eddie pa-Amerika para manood ng laban ni Pacquiao.

Pero bago ’yon, nag-tape muna siya ng ilang episodes para sa Full
Force Nature, na magpapakita ng maiikling kuwento tungkol sa actual na
natural disasters.

Greenpeace advocate si Chard, kaya bagay na bagay sa kanya ang format
ng programa.

Bukod sa personal accounts, magpapakita rin sila ng real-life footages
at eyewitness stories ng mga nagdaang natural disaster, gaya ng bagyo,
lindol, atbp.

Meron ding trivia portion, eco-friendly tips at payo kung paano
makaliligtas sa mga ganitong sakuna.

Sa pilot episode, muling bibisitahin ni Chard ang mapanganib na ilog
sa San Miguel, Bulacan, kung saan kinunan ang una niyang primetime hit
na Mulawin.

Excited nga ang actor sa bago niyang assignment, dahil feeling daw
niya, pagpe-preserve ng nature ang isa sa mga calling niya.

Sey ni Chard, “Bata pa lang ako, mahilig na ako sa nature.”

‘Kasal’ kay KC, tinawanan ni Richard

‘Kasal’ kay KC, tinawanan ni Richard




DAHIL okey na ang kundisyon nina Annabelle Rama at Eddie Gutierrez, magiging mas espesyal daw ang selebrasyon nila ng Pasko ngayon.


Sabi nga ni Richard sa presscon ng Full Force Nature (simula na sa Dec. 02), panay healthy food na ang ihahanda nila, at may party rin sila para sa mga helpers nila.


“Sa family kasi, buong taon naman kaming nagbibigayan, kaya tuwing Pasko, we try to give back to our helpers, at may party kami sa kanila,” sabi ni Richard.


Si Richard nga ang sumagot sa lahat gastos sa operasyon nina Tita Annabelle at Tito Eddie.


“Wala `yon. Kaya nga ako nagtatrabaho, para tumulong sa family ko, lalo na sa mga ganitong sitwasyon.”


Anyway, natawa lang si Richard sa pangyayari, na habang nasa ospital ang mommy niya at inooperahan, napanaginipan nito na ikinasal siya kay KC Concepcion.


“Oo nga, eh! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!” tumatawang sabi ni Richard.

RICHARD GUTIERREZ: Concentrates on His Environmental Advocacy While on break from Teleserye

Codename: Asero says farewell

Codename: Asero says farewell
Article posted November 11, 2008
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Sa pagtatapos ng 'Codename: Asero', balikan natin ang mga pinagdaanan ng cast at creative team ng show. Find out what you might have missed during the run of this action-packed series

Inabangan nating lahat ang mga eksena ng cast sa Dubai, at ang first time team up ni Richard Gutierrez at Heart Evangelista . Nadala tayo sa mga special effects ng big-budget series na ito, at ang mga kakilig-kilig na mga eksena ng ating mga bida. The show started its pilot week in Dubai, a move that caused quite a stir in the entertainment industry.

"[In Dubai] naging good friends kami ni Richard, tapos madami siyang mga advice na binigay sa akin," ayon kay Heart. This helped make the portrayal of their character to be more effective since they had to work with each other on several scenes.

Sa simula, sinundan nating lahat ang adventures ni Grecko Abesamis (Richard Gutierrez) mula Dubai hanggang siya ay bumalik sa Pilipinas, naging robot, na-in love kay Emily San Juan (Heart), bumaliktad sa mga kakampi at pinaglaban ang kanyang pag-ibig.

And throughout all this, Richard has played not just the lead role—naging parte rin siya ng creative team sa pag-conceptualize ng istorya at ng fight scenes.

"I always want to make it different every time, so I use any form of action, kahit na hand to hand [combat], minsan may guns, minsan we just use our environment. We have different choices, we don't limit ourselves." At kita naman natin ito sa mga eksenang lumabas sa show. Sabi rin ni Richard, nakatutulong ang pag-create ng fight sequences para mas mabuo ang character niya.

Ngayon sa pagtatapos ng Asero, ano pa nga ang mga dapat abangan? Maililigtas ba ni Grecko ang in distress na si Emily? Lalo na ngayo't hindi na siya nakararamdam ulit.

"Yung love story nila, pang-forever. Into the future, parang ganoon," teases Richard. Pero ibig sabihin ba nito ay makaliligtas si Emily? We'll see!

Sabi nga ni Direk Mark Reyes, dgpi, "Richard keeps on saying that Heart is the 'heart' of the show. You know, the drama is with the story of Heart, the action-adventure is with the story of Richard."

Pero hindi lang sina Richard at Heart ang may resolution. Dagdag ng ating bida, "Bawat character may closure na mangyayari, kaya kailangan abangan yun, aside from all the action sequences that we did, [and] kung paano [mangyayari doon sa war] ng Advocate vs. Empire."

Sa halo-halong genre ng show na ito, ipinatunayan na hindi lang sa story nakikita ang ganda ng show, kundi sa pagsasama rin ng mga artista nito.

-- Text by Jillian Q. Gatcheco and Jason John S. Lim. Photos by Mitch S. Mauricio.