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Not in the script: How that ‘Kapuso’ line ended up in ‘Fantastica’

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Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/11/11/20181111-richard-vice-dingdong.jpg"/><figcaption>The characters of Richard Gutierrez, Vice Ganda, and Dingdong Dantes face off in the first teaser of ‘Fantastica.’ <em>ABS-CBN/Star Cinema</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Vice Ganda, Dingdong Dantes, and Richard Gutierrez face off with respective allegiances to being Kapamilya, Kapuso or Kapatid in a “Fantastica” scene, which — it has been revealed — was not originally part of the script.</p><p>The humorous confrontation among the three lead characters became an instant favorite among fans, as the teaser for the Metro Manila Film Festival entry made the rounds online Sunday.</p><p>The scene, it turns out, was impromptu, according to Gutierrez.</p><p>“Naisip lang ‘yun on the spot ni Vice! That was actually on the spot. We’re happy that it worked,” the 34-year-old actor revealed.</p><p>Gutierrez credited his first-time co-star for “making our lives easier on set, dahil sobrang witty niya, sobrang bilis niya mag-isip ng mga punchline.”</p><p>“Sobrang sarap niya katrabaho,” he added.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/11/05/20181112-richard-gutierrez.jpg"/><figcaption>Richard Gutierrez joins the ABS-CBN Christmas station ID for the second time since becoming a Kapamilya. <em>Michael Bagtas, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Gutierrez spoke with ABS-CBN News on the sidelines of the shooting of “Family is Love,” the media giant’s Christmas station ID which gathers some 400 Kapamilya stars.</p><p>It marks Gutierrez’s second time joining the ABS-CBN Christmas station ID, having transferred to the Kapamilya network in mid-2017.</p><p>In the “Fantastica” scene making light of the so-called “network wars,” Gutierrez makes a reference to his storied career of being once a Kapuso with GMA-7, then a Kapatid with TV5, before becoming a Kapamilya.</p><p>“Ngayon kasi, we have to move forward from that network war thing. Siyempre, pang-Pasko naman ‘to. Dingdong’s in the movie. He’s a Kapuso. It’s fun to, in a comedy especially, break barriers and break rules,” he said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v7d7-0bVn4c?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Referring to Dantes, Gutierrez went on: “Nakakatawa nga, kung kailan naging Kapamilya ako, doon pa kami nakagawa ng full-length na movie. Always a pleasure working with him. It was a good experience for both of us.”</p><p>Joining the three lead stars in “Fantastica” are Maymay Entrata, Edward Barber, Loisa Andalio, Ronnie Alonte, Kisses Delavin, Donny Pangilinan, Ryan Bang, and Bela Padilla.</p><p>With a star-studded cast and a story spanning realms — Gutierrez plays a prince magically transported to the modern world — he assured moviegoers of “non-stop comedy.”</p><p>“Ako, honestly, as long as the people enjoy the film, we get positive feedback, I’m happy with it na,” he said, shrugging off the stiff box-office race of the Christmastime festival.</p>

<p>Vice Ganda, Dingdong Dantes, and Richard Gutierrez face off with respective allegiances to being Kapamilya, Kapuso or Kapatid in a “Fantastica” scene, which — it has been revealed — was not originally part of the script.</p>

Vice Ganda, Dingdong Dantes, and Richard Gutierrez face off with respective allegiances to being Kapamilya, Kapuso or Kapatid in a “Fantastica” scene, which — it has been revealed — was not originally part of the script.

Not in the script: How that ‘Kapuso’ line ended up in ‘Fantastica’

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Not in the script: How that ‘Kapuso’ line ended up in ‘Fantastica’

Miguel Dumaual,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 12, 2018 07:01 PM PHT

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