Rachel Weisz’ Gift and Legacy

Beautiful Rachel Weisz gave a gift and legacy in the form of playground benefiting around 600 kids in San Andres, Manila (photo courtesy of Google Image)

    Rachel Weisz came to Manila on January to film the fourth instalment of the successful Hollywood movie Bourne, The Bourne Legacy. She ended up leaving a gift and legacy instead to about 600 kids. It is a playground in San Andres, Manila.  This was revealed by the film’s producer and director Pat Crowley and confirmed by Rachel Weisz’ Filipino co-actors in the film Lou Veloso and John Arcilla.

     “Everyday she came out and she saw the playground and she saw the kids in the playground. I think that had a lot to do with motivating her…that she always makes a contribution on every movie that she works on,” Crowley mentioned to a TV press.

     Crowley also shared that Weisz contributed Merry-Go-Round and new seesaw for the kids. He added that Weisz’ main concern was the safety of the kids as there were lots of sharp edges that can injure the kids.

     “We can do better for the kids,” is what Crowley remembered that Rachel Weisz have quipped.  

     Filipino architects Roy Lachica, Dan Fernandez and Kenny Yanga were commissioned to design the playground’s makeover. “Rachel approved the drawing we showed her before she left Manila.” Lahica said. “She wanted us to include rubber mats, because the floor area is all concrete.” It was completed on March 5, 2012.

     Meanwhile, Crowley also revealed that the “Bourne Legacy” will have a special screening here in the Philippines this year.

     “I don’t know if there will be a world premiere but definitely a special screening here for the people who were involved and people in Manila.

Producer Pat Crowly (rightmost) and Rachel Weisz Filipino co-actor in the film The Bourne Legacy (in suit) distributes school kits in San Andres Manila were they filmed for few weeks. 

Resources:

ABS-CBN News: www.abs-cbnnews.com

Manila Bulletin: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/353423/weisz-gives-manila-kids-a-new-playground

Inquirer Entertainment: http://entertainment.inquirer.net/33375/a-bourne-legacy

Rachel Weisz Online (unofficial fansite) http://www.rachelweiszonline.com/2012/03/weiszs-legacy-a-new-playground-for-san-andres/

Please check out the other Rachel Wiesz blog by Dorothea Benedict:

http://dorotheabenedictinthenorth.blogspot.com/2012/03/rachel-weisz-wowed-by-el-nido-palawan.html

Rachel Weisz wowed by El Nido, Palawan

Rachel Weisz at the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport after her 40-day shoot  in Manila and Palawan

      Hollywood and Academy Award Actress Rachel Weisz (The Mummy and The Mummy Returns) was taken in awe by the natural beauty of El Nido, Palawan.

     “I can live in Palawan forever!” declared the 42-year old wife of James Bond actor Daniel Craig.

     The beautiful actress was in the country for 40 days from January 8 to February 19 to film her latest movie, The Bourne Legacy. It is the fourth installment to the successful spy thriller, three-time Matt-Damon starrer movie version of author Robert Ludlum’s Bourne series.

     This time, it is said that the story would focus on a new CIA operative with a new whole cast of characters who would deal with Jason Bourne.

     (Bourne Legacy is actually the 2004 spy action thriller written by Eriv Van Lustbader, who assumed writing for the successful series after creator Robert Ludlum’s death in 2001.)

     Jun Juban, of the Philippine Film Studios Inc. said that “The contingent, including the cast who visited the island, has been very expressive with their awe and amazement.”


     Juban said because of the captivating beauty of the islands in Palawan, the end part of the action-packed movie was shot in these places.

     Along with Weisz, The Bourne Legacy also stars Jeremy Renner (S.W.A.T and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) and Edward Norton (Fight Club, The Italian Job, The Incredible Hulk ); and directed by Tony Gilroy.

     This comment is a very pleasant news for the Filipinos especially when few weeks ago, Rachel Weisz, the beautiful actress expressed her concern for those Filipinos living in poverty with her Filipino co-actor John Arcilla. This is after she witnessed for herself the number of informal settlers in Metro Manila.

     El Nido is a first-class municipality situated at the northwestern tip of the province of Palawan, Philippines. It is 40 kilometers southwest of Manila, and 238 kilometers northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan’s capital. El Nido is bordered by the Linapacan Strait in the North, the Sulu Sea in the east, and the South China Sea in the west.

     El Nido is famous for its pristine white sand. It is considered a showcase of Palawan’s geology and various wildlife. It is one of most important sites for biological diversity in the country and has been stated by the Philippine government as a protected area.

      Palawan came from a Chinese word that means “safe beautiful harbor.” Palawan is also where the famous Puerto Princesa Underground is located which was recently formally included in the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

Related Blogs:

-“IT’S OFFICIAL: Puerto Princesa Underground River is one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature”

http://dorotheabenedictinthenorth.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-official-puerto-princesa.html

-“Do YOUR Part to Make Puerto Princesa Underground River one of the Seven Wonders of Nature”

http://dorotheabenedictinthenorth.blogspot.com/2011/08/do-your-part-to-make-puerto-princesa.html

Sources:

-Business Mirror (http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/life/23487-rachel-weisz-could-live-in-palawan-forever)

-ABS-CBN News (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/02/12/12/rachel-weisz-awed-palawan)

-Philippine Star (www.philstar.com/)

-Manila Bulletin (www.mb.com)

-http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_beach/elnido.html (El Nido Island)