Actress Giselle Sanchez, who plays the role of former Pres. Cory Aquino in Maid in Malacañang, explained her decision to accept the project.
In her column published by the Manila Bulletin, which she also posted on Facebook, Giselle said she has always been a fan of director Darryl Yap and that she believes Yap is the “most brilliant director of his time.”
“Yap told me, ‘We want an intelligent and educated lady to play her role.’ And that was the selling piece – Direk Darryl Yap plus the requirements to play ‘her character,'” she said.
Giselle also admitted talking to Sen. Imee Marcos to confirm one of the lines on her script.
“My heart started pounding when I saw the line, ‘Get them out of the Philippines.’ In my mind, this was something I did not know, I haven’t read, this was something new. And anything new will receive only two reactions, positive reactions and negative reactions,” she added.
“I personally texted Senator Imee Marcos and she texted back in Filipino, ‘Yun daw ang sabi ng mga Kano.'”
Giselle said she then realized that she only knows one side of the story and it is now time to give the Marcoses a chance to share their side.
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“With what Senator Imee told me, I began to realize, all this time, what I have been reading in historical books and print media and watching and listening on television and radio during the eighties and nineties was the other camp’s side of the story because they were the ones’ sitting in the administration,” Giselle said.
“Now that the coin has flipped, let’s give a chance for the Marcoses to tell their side of the story, the way they know it.”
Moreover, she also mentioned Yap’s clarifying statement that the movie is not a biopic.
“Lastly Direk Daryl Yap would like to remind everybody that, “Maid in Malacañang is NOT a bio-pic. This is a story of a family,” she said.
Maid in Malacañang is a film about the last 72 hours of the Marcos family in Malacañang in 1986, which has received criticisms from some netizens for its alleged attempt to distort history. It will be shown in cinemas on August 3, 2022.
