Piolo Pascual wants to portray Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in a biopic
Kapamilya A-list actor Piolo Pascual repeated in a recent interview that he wants to portray former President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
Piolo is one of the most in-demand actors of his generation. Throughout his acting career, he has already done several critically acclaimed movies. Last year, he also ventured into the musical play Ibarra.
This year, he is set to have his TV comeback through the Kapamilya series Pamilya Sagrado. During a recent press conference, the A-list actor expressed that he wants to explore more out-of-the-box projects.
When asked about what’s on his bucket list, Piolo Pascual said that he wants to portray Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in a biopic. The actor already expressed this in an interview back in October 2023.
In a recent interview, Piolo explained that his mom worked in the Palace during the Marcos regime, based on the article in ABS-CBN News. “I expressed my intention to do a Marcos biopic. Ferdinand Marcos, I mean the former president. Kasi I grew up (in that era), I was born in the 70’s, he was still the president back then up to the 80’s. I grew up, my mom was working in Malacanang, so he was a prominent figure in my childhood,” he said.
He added that this is something interesting that he wants to do in the future. However, he stressed that he wants to do this at the right time and not right now.
Following that statement, Piolo became a trending topic on social media. Many netizens expressed their reactions to this statement made by the A-list actor and many of them bashed him. He was criticized for wanting to portray someone who is called a “dictator” while some said that it was okay that he would do this biopic but they hoped it would be according to the “history.”
umm.. kung based on evil deeds naman why not diba? sikat si piolo para magising naman ang mga kabataan sa kasamaan ng pamilya na yan https://t.co/Sq4PFwDY4n
— Chaz 🍒🪄✨🌄 (@purelyhoneypoom) January 17, 2024
gustong gumanap na marcos sr si piolo dahil nagsilbi ang ina noon. malamang mabuti pakikisama sa kanila. pero hindi sa mga pinatay, pinagnakawan, tinakot. sana factual ang gagawin hindi tulad ng maid movie na fake info. kailangan din ng prosthetics dahil malayo mukha mo sa kanya.
— PinoyAko (@pinoysiwowie) January 17, 2024
Ayusin mo Piolo. Don't forget na main character ka sa dekada '70 at ipinaglaban mo ang Pilipinas
— Yuyun Bibin Sasan (@bebduresc) January 17, 2024
Nahihilig si piolo pascual sa serial killer ah? From mallari to marcos
— 💬 (@ciggywiggyziggy) January 17, 2024
pero it would be disappointing if he’ll be portray as a hero but Piolo kasi HELLO JULES??????? JULES DIS IS NOT U https://t.co/a8ghMLsG87
— SpearD 🐱樂★ (@dnll_nim) January 17, 2024
this is referring to piolo pascuals thingy… we shouldnt even be giving marcos this much clout again and yet he just couldnt help himself. i dont care if hes portrayed as a bad guy. why cant we just admit how fishy this is?
— #USTroopsOutOfThePhilippinesNow (@oneandonlyjeeb1) January 17, 2024