Willem Dafoe says being in the EDSA Revolution was ‘an incredible feeling’
In today’s edition of epic crossovers, American actor Willem Dafoe shared that he was part of the legendary 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution.
In a video from Vanity Fair, Willem said that while shooting the film ‘Platoon‘ in the Philippines, he and the film crew were told to halt production due to the ongoing protests – which he had the chance of joining.
(Watch from 3:30 onwards)
‘For about three or four days, me and a couple of other people that were there ahead of time were out on the streets with the people’
‘It was an incredible feeling because it was a revolution that happened for the most part without violence.’
The film
Platoon is a 1986 film by Oliver Stone that featured a star-studded cast such as Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. It’s centered around the Vietnam War and the complicated moralities that came with the controversial conflict.
Platoon was critically acclaimed, considered one of the best films ever made, and won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film has been preserved in the United States National Film Registry by the US Congress for its significance.
The EDSA Revolution
The first People Power that toppled the Marcos regime stands out for being one of the rare relatively peaceful revolutions in history.
From February 22-25, 1986, an estimated 2 million protesters, which included civilians, religious and political groups, held a series of demonstrations along Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) to protest 20 years of Marcos rule, as well as extensive corruption and electoral fraud.
The Marcoses were forced into exile, fleeing to Hawaii, before returning five years later in 1991, so Imelda Marcos could face more than 60 criminal charges, including graft and tax evasion.
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