MAY gagawing pa lang pelikula si Jericho Rosales sa Los Angeles, California next year kapag safe nang mag-travel. Kaya naman hoping ang aktor na matapos na ang krisis sa susunod na taon.

“It may push through, it may not push through because of COVID, we don’t know. But I’m hoping fingers crossed by March, I will be there,” pagbabahagi ni Echo.

Bago ang nasabing movie sa US, showing na ngayon ang kanyang pinagbidahang short film Basurero sa Amerika.

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Sa panayam with Yong Chavez ang ABS-CBN News correspondent sa US, sinabi ni Echo na base sa totoong tao ang kanyang ginampanang karakter.

Isang mangingisda ang karakter niya na napasok sa pagtatapon ng mga pinatay bilang side job dahil sa hindi sumasapat ang kinikita nito para sa pangangailangan ng pamilya.

“My character was based on a real person. I was more interested in the daily moment to moment decisions that he had to make for himself and for his family,” kuwento pa ni Echo.

Galing din sa hirap, sinabi ni Echo na nakaka-relate siya sa karakter niya na nais magbigay ng sapat sa kanyang pamilya.

“When I was 14, I was working at a fast-food chain

MAY gagawing pa lang pelikula si Jericho Rosales sa Los Angeles, California next year kapag safe nang mag-travel. Kaya naman hoping ang aktor na matapos na ang krisis sa susunod na taon.

. I was 15 and I became a driver and before I had many jobs like I sold fish in the market. Acting was such a blessing for me. That opened up so many opportunities for me and that opened my mind to like the things that I really wanted to do,” paliwanag ni Echo.

“I remember myself saying that, ‘okay, I think I’m at the right place because I didn’t go to college but this is what I want to do.’ That motivated me but before that my greatest motivation was just for me to just give my family a better life.” Umaasa si Jericho na makapagbigay ng inspirasyon ang kanyang pelikula sa marami.

“I really want Filipinos to know what they deserve. I want Filipinos to know what other people deserve and that for me is education, having access to basic needs, having access to a home, having access to internet, nowadays especially di ba? And we have to care about people,” giit ng aktor.