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'The Iron Heart' pilot: Richard Gutierrez is new primetime action star

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Richard Gutierrez stars in ‘The Iron Heart.’ ABS-CBN" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/entertainment/11/14/20221114-richard.jpg"/><figcaption>Richard Gutierrez stars in ‘The Iron Heart.’ <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>ABS-CBN’s new action-drama series “The Iron Heart” debuted on primetime television Monday, tracing the origin of the secret agent portrayed by lead star Richard Gutierrez.</p><p>In the pilot episode, Apollo (Kyle Echarri) is shown to be a morally upright student who uses his mysterious super strength to defend others, and for the good. This leads him to forming a special bond with Cassandra (Karina Bautista), whom he helps against bullies at their school.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YPEwlWxrvTQ?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Raised by only his father (Al Tantay), who is struggling to make ends meet, Apollo applies for a university scholarship, but is unable to get the grant. He surmises that the background check on his family — particularly his well-off uncle’s (Roi Vinzon) reputation as a drug dealer — cost him the opportunity.</p><p>On a bus ride to the city, Apollo and his father are caught in a holdup, leading to the latter’s death. Orphaned, Apollo is taken in by his uncle, whom he grows to resent for being indirectly to blame for the drug-induced violence of the robbers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h4lIT2JsZkU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Through the changes in his life, Apollo has been secretly observed by a woman (Maricel Laxa-Pangilinan), who later offers him a scholarship at the university — with no condition but to excel and to improve himself mentally and physically.</p><p>As an adult, Apollo (Gutierrez) is seen in rigorous training, and still with his childhood sweetheart, Cassandra (Maja Salvador), at his side.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yzObAJJugLI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The pilot’s opening scene — set farther down the storyline — offers a glimpse of Apollo as a dapper agent on a mission, blowing up a chopper and expertly evading and fighting off gunmen.</p><p>Directed by Richard Arellano and Lester Pimentel Ong, “The Iron Heart” airs weeknights on Kapamilya Channel, Kapamilya Online Live, A2Z, TV5, and iWantTFC.</p>

ABS-CBN’s new action-drama series “The Iron Heart” debuted on primetime television Monday, tracing the origin of the secret agent portrayed by lead star Richard Gutierrez.