Chin Chin Gutierrez is excited about her new role in ‘Dahil May Isang Ikaw’

Chin Chin Gutierrez

Chin Chin Gutierrez, who made an impression in Maging Sino Ka Man, is looking forward to how audiences will react to her ‘Dahil May Isang Ikaw’ character. “It’s something to be proud of once again, a new level, with so many dimensions of each character. It’s really a journey of love especaially for my character Patricia, an heiress of her rich father’s enterprise. She never seems to be fulfilled enough when it comes to her yearnings, wanting to be loved and love someone.”

Chin Chin also pointed out the differences between Doña Corazon (her character in Maging Sino Ka Man) and Patricia. “Every project is different to begin with. In the last soap, in terms of the spine of my character, Doña Corazon is more intellectual while Patricia is emotional.”

Her role in Dahil May Isang Ikaw will be part of a love triangle with Lorna Tolentino’s and Gabby Concepcion’s characters. “The love triangle is emphasized but it comes in a really natural way. It is not main focus, because of the circumstances of their past situations and then how they are interwoven again together in the present. What makes it interesting and terrifying is how each character responds to the need to love and be loved as well as knowing what is good and what is wrong.”

Moreover, she said she loves the challenge presented by Dahil May Isang Ikaw. She explained that characters nowadays don’t come in black and white. “Everybody knows how soaps are developed in the early years and I’m proud to say that we are finally fulfilling the hunger for value. And we can see that our audience is very much in tune with these new developments and they actually expect deeper experience of the story. Formula stuff doesn’t work anymore and we can see that also in May Bukas Pa and as well as the other shows of ABS-CBN.”

As for romance, Chin Chin revealed that she is committed to a relationship that is quite different from other people’s. “Well, it’s really such a hectic dynamic schedule, doing a lot of taping and environmental works. This means like going all around the country, to share about ecological awareness towards ecological lifestyle and sustainability. Cause if we really take care of the earth it will sustain us,” Chin Chin explained. “My love life is really evolving around nature, it’s not the road traveled by most. I didn’t choose it but I chose to follow it when it arrived.

Chin Chin set up the advocacy group Alaga Lahat ten years ago. One of their ongoing activities is the Zero Waste Management in different barangays and parishes. “Alaga Lahat is a holistic way of taking care of the environment. It’s not just about the trees and the animals but also us and our communities. There’s our relationship with God to the nature and to the people. That’s the heart and soul of environmental work for me and my other group mates. We give a spiritual approach to it.”