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00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:21I am excited today because I am doing a conversation with a friend.
00:46She is beautiful inside and out.
00:49She is brilliant and she's one of the best people I've known in my life.
00:56Naytay Capuso, please welcome the one and the only, Iza Calzado.
01:08You know that you're one of my favorite people in the world.
01:13If I would organize a dinner for five, you're one of them.
01:17Wow, that's a very intimate setting.
01:20What an honor.
01:21And you can imagine what we're going to talk about.
01:25Imagine the things that we're going to talk about, please.
01:27Endless.
01:28Limitless possibilities.
01:29That would be the longest dinner.
01:32How are you?
01:34I'm good.
01:35I mean, it's been more than a year since I've been on this stage and I've been able to connect
01:42with you.
01:44Can I greet you first?
01:45Hello, Kapuso.
01:46Abisala.
01:47Am I doing it right?
01:48Sorry, I'm going back to the conversation with you because it was so good.
01:49I know.
01:50One year ago, I was the last one to be on the stage.
01:51Is that correct?
01:52Yes, you were on the stage.
01:53Oh, really?
01:54Sometimes I think I was on the stage.
01:55Is that right?
01:56You were on top.
01:57You were on top.
01:58You were on top.
01:59Yes, that's it.
02:00Okay.
02:01Sorry.
02:02That's right.
02:04No, no, no.
02:05I thought it.
02:06I would say that.
02:07Yes.
02:08Once in a while.
02:09This is a happy space.
02:10This is a safe space for me.
02:11Yes.
02:12People would say,
02:13Do you get nervous when the fast talk starts?
02:14Yes.
02:15No.
02:16Not anymore.
02:17But before.
02:18Yes, of course.
02:19I mean, we went through the worst jitters.
02:20But it's good.
02:21Yes.
02:22Nervousness and jitters can fuel a certain kind of energy.
02:23Yes.
02:24Actually, I was nervous.
02:25I was nervous.
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03:35So, I know that you're doing this movie, The Caretakers, with another friend.
03:40Isa is with Dimpos Romana.
03:42Yes.
03:43What is this about?
03:45Is this a horror movie?
03:47What is this?
03:48Wow.
03:49Tito Boy, The Caretakers, its main message is, the question is,
03:58we, as the caretakers of this world,
04:02are we, the question is, the land, who owns it?
04:07Is it the one who holds the paper?
04:09Or the one who takes care of the house or the land?
04:13Or, so, do you really own the land?
04:19Or are you merely given the opportunity and responsibility to take care of it for the next generation?
04:26The question is, are you the one who holds the title of the land?
04:31Are you the one who owns it?
04:33Or, do you recognize that we are not alone in this world?
04:38There are other beings who may be staying in the property that you say you own.
04:44Yes.
04:45So, there is that layer.
04:47We Filipinos like to say,
04:50we respect that we have a belief,
04:54not just like, we really have a belief,
04:56personally,
04:57Me too.
04:58that we are not the only ones living here in this world, in this area.
05:05We are not the only ones living here in this world.
05:10In this world.
05:11So, that is the core of The Caretakers.
05:14Of its fear.
05:15But it also has a deeper meaning.
05:18Because, you know, The Caretakers is a horror film,
05:21but it is an eco-folk horror film.
05:23Again, I'm sorry?
05:25Eco, like eco, ecology.
05:28Okay.
05:30Folk, like folklore.
05:32Folk, alright.
05:33So, our own culture.
05:35It talks about elementals, incantations, right?
05:38Horror.
05:40It is the first zero-waste set in the Philippines.
05:44And we proudly say that,
05:45because we talk about passing that,
05:49passing that,
05:52the land,
05:53this blessing,
05:54on to other generations.
05:56And the question here is,
05:57what are we going to do as the caretakers of this land, of this earth?
06:02Beautiful.
06:03That's the other level.
06:04That's the other level.
06:05It has a lot of levels.
06:06I came home to this house because I wanted to sell this.
06:09And I saw the trailer.
06:11And in the trailer, we're already full.
06:14Quite interesting.
06:15Dimples, that scene where there are two kids looking at each other.
06:19It's scary.
06:20Mothers.
06:21Mothers.
06:22If we think about it, who is taking care of us?
06:25Mothers.
06:26Who is the light of the house?
06:29So, wrapped in that,
06:30the mother nature is the biggest, I think, caretaker.
06:36But we must also take care of mother nature.
06:40For mother nature to continue to take care of us.
06:43That's right.
06:44Because constantly, the question should be,
06:47do we really take care of our mother?
06:50Yeah.
06:51Which is mother nature.
06:52But, as an actor,
06:54are there times when you do horror films,
06:58do you get scared in the moment?
07:01Oh, of course.
07:02Not just in the moment.
07:03Actually, more like what you said,
07:06about to get on set.
07:08Because what leads up to it,
07:10you get scared because of horror.
07:12I always ask for a prayer.
07:14Because here, it's not that much.
07:17But especially when it's spirits involved,
07:21the invocation of spirits,
07:23I ask for protection.
07:25But it's a fear.
07:27Like you said,
07:28I don't want to plant it so much in my head.
07:30Because I believe in it.
07:32And I might attract it.
07:34So, I just ask for divine protection.
07:37Have you had experiences
07:39where you saw it,
07:40you got close to it,
07:42you felt its spirit?
07:46None.
07:47None yet?
07:48None yet.
07:49And I'd like to keep it that way.
07:50Except for when I was here on Channel 7.
07:53Let's look for that file.
07:55It's here.
07:56But in the context of acting,
07:59there are faces,
08:01there are eyes,
08:02there are movements
08:04that you know are really scary.
08:06I know there's a process.
08:07There's a process in acting.
08:09And it's different for each artist.
08:12Correct.
08:13And it's different for each material.
08:15Exactly.
08:16There's a particular scene,
08:18for example,
08:19you know when you react,
08:20when you look at a certain spirit,
08:22for example,
08:23what is that?
08:24I mean,
08:25do you pull yourself inside?
08:27For example,
08:28Chang Susan came in.
08:30For example, this.
08:32Chang Susan.
08:33You know,
08:34I really want to be an artist here.
08:37You really want to?
08:38I know this.
08:39Okay.
08:40For example,
08:41I'll act on you.
08:43Spirit.
08:44And then,
08:45and then,
08:46react to her.
08:47And then,
08:48tell me why you're reacting the way you're reacting.
08:514, 3, 2, 1.
08:52What is she doing?
08:53She's just standing there.
08:55She is from another world.
08:57Okay, give me a scenario.
08:58Another world and...
08:59She's the owner.
09:01Oh, she's the caretaker.
09:02She's the caretaker.
09:03This is a new house.
09:04And then suddenly...
09:05Let's just go inside.
09:06Yes.
09:07Let's tell a story.
09:09Not recognizing that there is a mother
09:13who is taking care of her child
09:15who seems to be disturbed
09:16because her child can't rest.
09:22Okay.
09:24Let's pretend we don't know anything.
09:264, 3, 2, 1.
09:27Action.
09:32I'm sorry.
09:37Uncle Boy,
09:38can you see her?
09:40I can't see anything, Isa.
09:42I can see something.
09:44Tell me.
09:45I can't see anything.
09:46What can you see?
09:48Did I take too much medicine?
09:50I don't know.
09:51But I can't see anything.
09:53She's noisy.
09:54She's looking at us.
09:55She's looking at us.
09:56I'm so scared.
09:57I'm so scared.
09:58Uncle Boy.
09:59Uncle Boy.
10:00Uncle Boy.
10:01Uncle Boy.
10:02Cut.
10:03You're making her laugh.
10:05You're so scary.
10:07So, yeah.
10:08There's a different kind of reaction.
10:10Yes.
10:11I used the medicine
10:12only because it's related to my character here
10:16in The Caretakers.
10:18Okay.
10:19Let me cross the line.
10:20We're already standing here.
10:21What is this?
10:22In 2019...
10:24Fears.
10:25Talking about fears.
10:26Fears.
10:27How scared were you
10:29when you decided to come out in public
10:31and speak about your mom
10:33and the journey
10:34and the mental health journey of mama?
10:37Those are two different things.
10:38Okay.
10:39Two different things.
10:40Two different things.
10:41Yes.
10:42I think in 2019,
10:43I wasn't that scared anymore.
10:44That's why I started talking.
10:46I was in a better place to share it.
10:49And it was the best,
10:51I guess,
10:52way to share it.
10:53Oh, how beautiful.
10:55Beautiful.
10:56But before, you were scared.
10:58Yes.
10:59Before I joined the industry...
11:00Where were you scared from?
11:01She wasn't that...
11:05widely understood.
11:07And until now,
11:08I mean, or accepted.
11:09You know,
11:10it was not talked about.
11:12I was new in the industry.
11:14What do you say?
11:15How do you say that?
11:16I didn't,
11:17in the beginning,
11:18want to build a name
11:19based on that.
11:20Because you will be branded as that.
11:23That that was going to be your story.
11:25Her mom was.
11:27So when they would ask me,
11:28I would just say,
11:29she died.
11:30And you,
11:31they were always free to assume
11:32whatever they wanted.
11:33But you can't even say it now,
11:34Isa.
11:35I can.
11:36Am I allowed to?
11:37Yes.
11:38So yes,
11:39in 2019,
11:40I lost my mother.
11:41She died by suicide.
11:43And,
11:46wow,
11:47I didn't realize that
11:49it would carry that weight still.
11:50But,
11:51yeah.
11:52I don't say it proudly.
11:53I don't want to attach
11:55anything to it
11:56except truth.
11:58When,
11:59and grief,
12:00of course.
12:01That's the only thing
12:02I attach to it.
12:04No longer shame,
12:05nor fear.
12:07No longer
12:11anything
12:16worry.
12:17You know?
12:18Because,
12:19at that time,
12:20the worry was,
12:21what if,
12:22what if that's my path?
12:24Like,
12:25how does that affect me?
12:26But now,
12:27it's,
12:28it's,
12:29you know, Tito Boy,
12:30it's like,
12:31when people say,
12:32oh, I lost my mom to cancer.
12:34Yes.
12:35I mean, people,
12:36my mother was sick.
12:38She was bipolar.
12:40She,
12:42she battled with this
12:43since I was a child.
12:45When I was young,
12:47I could see
12:49my mother's fight.
12:51Dark light,
12:52dark light.
12:54And a lot of that
12:55you didn't understand.
12:57I didn't understand
12:58the way I understand
12:59now.
13:00But I had to
13:02face it,
13:03day in and day out.
13:05At marami siya,
13:06it comes with a lot of things,
13:07Tito Boy.
13:08And the stigma.
13:09Naalala ko yung kwentuhan natin.
13:10Bata ka pa,
13:11nasasabihang ka nang,
13:12baliw ang mama.
13:15And that must have been painful.
13:17Yes.
13:18Mahirap po.
13:19Mahirap pong karga yun.
13:21Kasi may shame yun eh.
13:22May takot
13:23at may shame.
13:24Nakasama yun.
13:25Kaya hindi mo ma ilabas
13:26dahil
13:27doon sa shame na yun.
13:28Doon sa shame na yun.
13:29Hindi ko din siya
13:30maintindihan.
13:31It was embarrassing
13:34to hear that.
13:35Pero now,
13:37you can't even say that anymore.
13:39It's no longer
13:40politically correct.
13:41No, not just
13:42politically correct.
13:43It is not human.
13:44It's not correct and human.
13:45Yeah, it is not human
13:46to say that.
13:47Pero ngayon,
13:48as a mother,
13:49as a woman,
13:50naging ano ka
13:51dahil sa lahat
13:52ng itong pinagdaanan mo?
13:54Great question.
13:55Naging mas matatag ako.
13:58Alam ko,
13:59dahil sa lahat
14:00ng pinagdaanan ko sa buhay,
14:02bata pa lamang ako,
14:04hindi lamang sa pagkamatay
14:05ng aking nanay,
14:06kundi sa pinagdaanan namin
14:08bilang pamilya,
14:10ang...
14:11Kasi you all...
14:12There are paths
14:13to choose from.
14:14And one,
14:16this is what happened to me.
14:18So,
14:19talking about narratives
14:20that we
14:21put in our heads,
14:22I really chose to believe that
14:24I will do everything I can
14:28to be,
14:29to have a better path
14:31than my mother.
14:32Whatever that takes,
14:34and it takes a lot of work,
14:36Tito Boy.
14:37Deliberate,
14:38conscious work.
14:39And sometimes,
14:40the subconscious still wins.
14:42Tao lang po ako.
14:43Tama.
14:44Meron ding...
14:45Lahat tayo,
14:46we fight with our own demons
14:47inside.
14:48Tagong war.
14:49It's a war.
14:50It's a new...
14:51It's a war that happens inside us.
14:53And lagi ko lang kinakapitan yung
14:56light.
14:57Because we are all
14:59made of light.
15:00Right.
15:01As well.
15:02So, lagi ko lang yun.
15:03Kaya laban talaga.
15:04Laban lagi.
15:05Light and love.
15:06And thank you for sharing that story.
15:07Laban light.
15:08Oo, diba?
15:09Laban light.
15:10Yun lang ako lagi.
15:11Laban light.
15:12Okay.
15:13We're going to do fast talk
15:14when we come back.
15:15Pero may isa akong tanong.
15:17Kanina nga off-camera,
15:18we're talking about
15:19certain things
15:20that are inevitable.
15:21May mga bagay na hindi natin
15:22may iwasan.
15:23Ang anak mo, si Dea,
15:25is showing signs that
15:26she's going to be
15:28somebody.
15:29I mean, you know, somebody.
15:31Well, she is somebody.
15:32She is Dea.
15:33No, she is Dea.
15:34She's going to be a big name.
15:35Somebody in the context
15:36of show business.
15:37Okay, thank you.
15:38She's going to be a big name.
15:39Diba?
15:40Baka si sabihin nilo
15:41o film na film na yun.
15:42Somebody.
15:43That's the whole context.
15:44Palagay mo,
15:46pag nasa edad na
15:47ang anak mo
15:48nang nagdesisyon,
15:49halimbawa lamang,
15:50hypothetical,
15:51she wants to get into the business
15:52as an actor,
15:53as a dancer,
15:54as a singer,
15:55whatever she wants.
15:56Sabi ko nga,
15:57inevitable dahil
15:58nananalay tayo
15:59sa kanyang dugong.
16:00Yeah.
16:01Ano ang pinakamalaking
16:02mong takot
16:03na pagdaanan
16:04ng iyong anak
16:05sa industriya
16:06na ginagalawan natin?
16:08Ang kasagutan
16:09sa pagbabalik po
16:10ng Fast Talk with Boy Abu.
16:19Karina Pabaliputito
16:20at Fast Talk with Boy Abunda
16:21with Iza Calzado,
16:22the one and the only.
16:23We'll have to do Fast Talk.
16:25Okay?
16:26Okay.
16:27You ready?
16:28Two minutes to do this
16:29and our time begins now.
16:30Drama, fantasy.
16:31Drama.
16:32Drama, horror.
16:33Ooh, drama, horror.
16:34Mananakot, tinatakot.
16:35Ano ba?
16:36Mananakot, tinatakot.
16:37Mananakot.
16:38Bida-bida, kontrabida.
16:39Bida-kontrabida.
16:40Diet, workout.
16:41Workout.
16:42Sexy, healthy.
16:43Healthy.
16:44Happy, hottie.
16:46Happy.
16:47Strict mama.
16:48Cool mama.
16:49Cool mama.
16:50Diwata, diyosa.
16:51Diyosa.
16:52Saan ka natatawa?
16:54Sa life.
16:56Saan ka naiirita?
16:58Sa asawa ko.
16:59I love you, Ben!
17:01Saan ka naiiyak?
17:04Diyos ko.
17:06Sa injustice.
17:08When I think about it.
17:09Hot si Ben kapag?
17:12Kapag naligo.
17:13That's injustice.
17:15Injustice!
17:16Sweet si Ben kapag?
17:20Pagkalmado.
17:21Pag hindi pressured.
17:22Sa inyo ni Ben, sino ang spoiler?
17:24Ako.
17:25Sino ang clingy?
17:26Ako.
17:27Sino ang matampuhin?
17:28Ako.
17:29Sino ang seloso?
17:30Ako pa rin!
17:32Sino ang unang nangangalabit?
17:35Ako pa rin!
17:37Sino ang unang napapagod?
17:40Siya.
17:41Depende saan.
17:43Physically,
17:44I have a lot of energy,
17:46pero napapagod.
17:48Wala.
17:49Pareho kami.
17:50Strong woman or independent woman?
17:54Wow!
17:56I'd love to be an independent woman.
17:58Especially in the kitchen.
18:01Pero ba'tayo mas strong woman.
18:04And I think,
18:06Kasama naman.
18:07Love or respect?
18:09Respect.
18:10Ako din.
18:11Family first?
18:12Self first?
18:15That's tricky.
18:16That's tricky.
18:17Self so I can be better for my family.
18:19That's right.
18:20Lights on or lights off?
18:21Oh gosh!
18:23Dim lights.
18:24Happiness or chocolates during dim lights?
18:29Happiness while eating chocolates.
18:31Best time for happiness while eating chocolates?
18:34All the time!
18:35Your favorite quote in life?
18:38Your favorite quote in life?
18:39Nanay, tatay, tabi-tabi po.
18:41Okay.
18:42Ang mga bata.
18:43Your favorite quote in life?
18:44Quote?
18:45Quote.
18:46Adage.
18:47Oh my gosh!
18:48Grabe!
18:49Hindi ako prepare dito.
18:51My favorite quote in life.
18:53Okay, I'll just keep it simple.
18:55Live, laugh, love.
18:57I can't say it's my favorite,
18:58but it's the one that came to mind.
18:59And it's beautiful.
19:00Yeah.
19:01It's simple and just enjoy.
19:04Right.
19:05And one day,
19:07Dea decides to get into the business.
19:10Sa palagay mo lang,
19:11sabi ko ang hypothetical,
19:12we're talking about the future.
19:13Ano ang pinakamalaking mong takot
19:16pag pumasok ang anak mo
19:17sa industry ang ginagalawan natin?
19:21Andami kasing posibilidad.
19:23Pwedeng,
19:24let's say hindi dito sa Pilipinas,
19:25wala ang proteksyon ko.
19:27Let's say lang,
19:28pwedeng,
19:30I mean,
19:32power,
19:33I mean, sexual assault,
19:34yung mga all these things, di ba?
19:35You think about these things.
19:37Rape,
19:38somebody taking advantage of her,
19:40somebody powerful.
19:41These are all possibilities.
19:44Or her getting so lost
19:46in the lifestyle.
19:50And, you know,
19:52these are possibilities.
19:53But hindi ko kasi siya talaga iniisip,
19:56Tito Boy.
19:57Tama.
19:58Masyado.
19:59Kasi my prayer is this.
20:02Because I cannot
20:05stop life from happening for her.
20:09Not just to her.
20:10Life happens for us,
20:12for a reason,
20:13to develop us.
20:15My prayer is for God to keep her strong,
20:19for her to be resilient,
20:21so that whatever happens in life,
20:24wherever life takes her,
20:28babangon at babangon siya.
20:30Kasi hindi natin po mapipigilan
20:33ang kung anuman,
20:36ang baraha,
20:37ang pag-ikot ng mundo.
20:38And my prayer is that she does things
20:41with a lightness of being
20:43that I got from my father
20:45and that I have inside me.
20:47Diba?
20:49Despite the struggles,
20:50have that lightness of being.
20:52Invite everybody to The Caretakers.
20:54Thank you so much, Tito Boy.
20:56They will claim what is theirs.
20:58The Caretakers,
20:59showing na po sa February 26
21:01in cinemas nationwide.
21:03Bukas na po yan, Tito Boy,
21:04mga kapamilya.
21:06Starring of course,
21:07kami ni Dimples Romana,
21:09kasama sina,
21:10naku, mga taga Sparkles,
21:12sina Ashley Sarmiento,
21:14Marco Maza,
21:15Althea Ruedas,
21:16Erika Clemente,
21:17Erin Espiritu,
21:18Jake Taylor,
21:19and Inka Magnaya
21:21sa direksyon po ni Sugo Craico
21:23from Regal Films and Rain Entertainment,
21:25their first collaboration.
21:27Muli po, The Caretakers,
21:29showing na po yan,
21:30bukas sa mga sinehan.
21:32Maraming, maraming, maraming salamat po.
21:36They will claim what is theirs.
21:38What if what is theirs
21:41is also ours.
21:43Palaisipan po,
21:44panuunin po natin ng pelikula,
21:46supportan po natin si Iza,
21:47at lahat ang bumubuo po
21:49ng The Caretakers.
21:50We'll see you again tomorrow.
21:51Goodbye for now and God bless.