The Kapamilya network isn't crowing about it, but the new series, The Iron Heart starring Richard Gutierrez, is expected to approximate the popularity of FPJ's Ang Probinsyano which featured Coco Martin and an all-star cast.

The Iron Heart premiered on 14 November on the same time slot of FPJAP, the country's longest-running drama series which ran from 28 September 2015 to 22 August 2022.

Martin's character Cardo Dalisay in FPJAP engaged a never-ending stream of enemies in death-defying scenarios.

In The Iron Heart, Gutierrez as the dual character Apollo Adelantar / Olimpio "Tisoy" Custodio battles villains led by crime syndicate boss Albert Martinez (who had portrayed the vicious arch enemy of Dalisay in FPJAP), with Diether Ocampo, Baron Geisler, and Jake Cuenca in the cast.

At the show's media launch, Cuenca said the production required them to look good and dashing even while ruthlessly liquidating their foes.

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