Rufa Mae Quinto, Paul Soriano, Joey de Leon, Carmi Martin at Toni Gonzaga
MATAPANG na ibinandera ng direktor at bagong-talagang Presidential Advisor on Creative Communications ang katapangan at paninindigan ng kanyang asawang si Toni Gonzaga.
Kahapon, humarap sa mga members ng entertainment media si Direk Paul para sa bago niyang pelikula, ang “My Teacher” na isa sa mga official entry sa Metro Manila Film Festival 2022.
Bibida rito ang misis niyang si Toni at ang Henyo Master na si Joey de Leon kasama pa sina Ronnie Alonte, Loisa Andalio, Carmi Martin, Rufa Mae Quinto, Kakai Bautista, Jackie Lou Blanco, Pauline Mendoza at Kych Minemoto.
Natanong si Direk Paul sa nasabing presscon na ginanap sa Winford Hotel sa Manila kung anu-ano ang mga natutunan niya kay Toni sa ilang taon nilang pagsasama bilang mag-asawa.
Sey kasi ng TV host-actress sa mediacon ng 20th anniversary concert ni Toni napakarami niyang natutunan kay Paul Soriano pagdating sa negosyo, pakikipagrelasyon at pagkakaroon ng sariling pamilya.
Pahayag ni Direk, “You know, honestly, outside looking in, if I can a step back and just, you know, from a perspective of not being her husband, or her producer or her director, and just outside looking in, I really believe Toni is probably the most powerful celebrity today.”
Patuloy pa niya, “Only because the criticisms and the hate that she’s getting are from equally powerful people too. You don’t rattle relevant people if you’re not doing something better than them, di ba?
“And you know, of course, you know, I’m her husband, and I’m very extremely proud of her. She’s also one of the strongest people I know, right.
“And I’ve seen her in her darkest moments. I’ve seen her being very vulnerable but she chooses to get up every day and face that camera.
“She could have easily just moved out, taken all the criticisms and just, you know, go somewhere else.
“But what did she choose? She chose to create her own show. She chose to make a concert. She chose to make a film. She’s facing it head on.
“If that’s not powerful, I don’t know what is, right? Ahhm, you know I always tell her, ‘You are at the right place at this right time.’
“Because if you also study the path of her career, she’s also been one of the most heavily criticized. If you go back to her transfer, her network transfer and all that stuff…she’s been on very high profile shows,” ang sabi pa ng very proud husband ni Toni.
Dagdag pa niya, “So I really believe she’s one of the strongest and most powerful women in the Philippines today. And she’s not stopping. So that’s quite remarkable.”
“Whether you love her or hate her, you have to give credit where credit is due. For me. You don’t agree with her politics, you don’t agree with what she’s doing, but you have to give credit where credit is due.
“She’s not stopping and I don’t think she ever will. Even if I try to tell her to slow down, wala. Diretso-diretso. She has her mind on the prize and she’ll claim it.
“So, if she’s all praises for me, I’m extremely proud of her and I, you know, learned so much from her and you know just being happy being her husband.
“I’m proud to be her husband as well. Parang I feel so blessed,” pagbabahagi pa ni Paul.
Samantala, umaasa naman siya na magiging matagumpay ang MMFF 2022 na magsisimula na sa December 25, “Hopefully, this will also start and signify the comeback of cinemas and of course the industry that we all love so much, the film industry.
“So hopefully you all can support My Teacher and, of course, the other seven entries also.
“And may this be the beginning of a merry Christmas and hopefully the rollback to all of us going back to the cinemas. I know we all miss it so much.
“So, parang ano, revenge cinema, di ba? May mga revenge travel, revenge shopping, so let’s promote revenge cinema where this Christmas we can see long lines, happy families, everyone coming together as we celebrate the industry that we love so much, ang pelikulang Pilipino,” chika ni Direk Paul.
Maganda ang layunin ng celebrity couple sa pagbuo nila ng “My Teacher”, “The teachers are very underrated. Sila talaga ang, you know, if ever one of our heroes growing up.
“They’re the ones who give us our education. They’re the ones who sacrifice so much to teach us.
“So she said, ‘Maybe we can shed some light and write a story about the teachers.’ And she wanted to play a teacher.
“I know, some of her inspirations were yung the movie The Intern, Blind Side, yan ang mga parang pegs niya dito.
“So we talked about it and I told her, ‘Look, Tin, if you want and you feel passion about this idea, why don’t you start writing it?’
“Actually siya ang nagbuo ng concept, e. Siya ang nagsulat ng story. As you all know, Toni loves to write. So she wrote this and then, yeah, eventually we got a team and we started writing the script.
“And of course the next question was, after we finalized the concept, we wanted to do something a little bit also unique.
“So we also started studying and marami diyan kung igu-Google nyo. Maraming mga senior, nagbabalik sa high school.
“I believe din sa show niya, Toni Talks, and Toni, nag-feature siya ng mga hindi pa natapos ang high school. Kasi, it’s never too late naman, e. It’s never too late, di ba?
“So she wanted to say, parang, whenever you start, also make sure you finish. So, parang we were reading all these inspirational stories about these senior citizens going back to high school.
“And that’s where I kinda came in. I said, ‘That’s actually very nice, ano? Because when you have… in this case, the character of Joey de Leon going back to high school, you have now parang the old school meets the new school.
“So, yan ang mga unique kuwento dito sa My Teacher. An example would be yung mga old school, di ba, mahilig silang magsulat, di ba? Mahilig silang magbasa. Or they like to sing, di ba?
“Yung mga new school ngayon, puro text, message, email, TikTok, di ba? So, may konting ganyan.
“When you see the movie, you will also sana introduce to a new generation the old school way of doing things. So, yan, we started writing it and writing it,” paliwanag pa ni Direk Paul Soriano.
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