'My mom and dad were very much a part of the First Quarter Storm,' shares actor Jose Llana, who plays Ferdinand Marcos in 'Here Lies Love.'
Asked how the years have made an impact on him as an actor and how he approached the Marcos role a decade later, Jose answered, “A lot has happened in the last 10 years. I’ll speak personally for myself. When you go from your mid-thirties to your mid-forties, a lot of life happens.” at the Lincoln Center and toured around the country.
He continued about the musical, whose title is derived from Imelda’s words in Ramona Diaz’s 2003 documentary, , “When I signed on to this show, the first workshop in 2011, it was the first time that I acknowledged, is this something we want to tell? Am I emotionally ready to explore this story? Do I want to play Marcos?”“Do I want to play the person who is responsible for us leaving the country and immigrating to the States? In these 12 years since that first workshop, my family – my mom, dad,...
“My mom and dad were very much a part of the First Quarter Storm. I think they were in college between ’65 and ’69 so they were specifically part of that generation of young activists who were on the Mendiola Bridge. They were there.” “Well, let me tell you,” Jose began with a grin. “Having played the part 10 years ago, I knew exactly what was in store for me. We all have lived through COVID. I got my way through COVID with a lot of steaks, tequila, and Filipino food.”
The first Filipino and Asian – the first person of color – to bag best costume design for a play in the 2016 Tony Awards made a clarification on a magazine article piece claiming he had met the former First Lady when she went to his high school. “And so, when I met her, which was very brief, right? It all kind of made sense. I actually remember how she smelled, her perfume. But I also remember that I had never met anybody like that.”
“I was a kid, at that point, apolitical. And so, in a large way, I understood it. The effect happened on me and now looking back, it’s like, oh, of course. It was all part of that whole thing.” “I did a couple of adjustments. And like for the Order 1081 dress, I redesigned that. And then, the finale dress, I redesigned that for Arielle because that’s so bespoke.”
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