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Here’s how Jericho Rosales prepared for the role of Manuel Quezon. #EsquirePHVideo #EsquirePHCover

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00:00What is your challenge doing Manuel Luis Quezon?
00:06First of all, I did not expect that I would be playing the president.
00:12I have a story. I go to this gallery-slash-antique shop.
00:21And then, during the pandemic, I saw a bust of a person.
00:28The head is big.
00:30Then, I saw her, I was angry.
00:32She was angry.
00:34She was angry and passionate.
00:36So, I was intrigued by her.
00:40But her energy was too much for me.
00:44And then, fast forward,
00:48when we shoot, I came back to the shop.
00:52And then, I walked her.
00:54We locked our eyes.
00:56And then, I realized,
00:58Shit.
01:00That was Manuel Quezon.
01:02As in five meters away from me.
01:04He looked at me. He screamed.
01:06And I know that photograph of his.
01:08And then,
01:10He looked at me.
01:12It was a bust made by...
01:16...Nepomoseno.
01:18Graciano T. Nepomoseno.
01:20Wow.
01:21I went there.
01:22I held the head.
01:23It was this big.
01:24And I said, I'm bringing you home.
01:26I'm bringing you home.
01:28Not knowing that this is the guy I'm going to play.
01:30I bought the...
01:32I bought him.
01:33I bought him in the house.
01:34And every time we shoot,
01:35this is the man.
01:36And then, at the top of my head,
01:38my head,
01:40they made my bust.
01:42Right?
01:43Because we were prosthetics.
01:44That's the same thing.
01:46It's that energy
01:48Na nilagay ko
01:50Dun sa sarili ko
01:52As Manuel L. Quezon.
01:54That I realized
01:56This is what it feels like
01:58To have this much passion.
02:00This much rage.
02:02This much...
02:04Love.
02:06Energy.
02:07And just...
02:08Desire.
02:09Kasi...
02:11Pagkatapos natin mag-shoot, pare.
02:13As in, parang...
02:15Gumaang yung loob ko eh.
02:17Iba yung feeling eh.
02:19Parang ganun.
02:20Oo.
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