Jericho Rosales will be starring in the titular role of the new “Quezon” movie by Jerrold Tarog for TBA Studios.
After 7 years, the “Bayaniverse,” a series of TBA Studios films on Philippine history and heroes including “Heneral Luna” and “Goyo: Ang Batang Heneral (The Boy General),” resumes with the addition of “Quezon.”
The biopic is expected to chronicle the life of Manuel L. Quezon, a lawyer and soldier who would later become the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944.
The casting also marks Rosales’ comeback to the big screen since the 2018 romantic drama “The Girl in the Orange Dress” opposite Jessy Mendiola.
“I feel so honored to be with this team. Coming to a script like this which is so potent and so entertaining, I feel so lucky and happy,” said Rosales in a statement.
“Here, you will see Quezon as a person. He’s not written as a hero. He is cunning, he is charming, he is intelligent,” he continued, expressing excitement over the challenge of portraying “such an interesting character.”
Rosales had also auditioned for the role of the eponymous hero of “Heneral Luna” released in 2015, Tarog revealed. It was John Arcilla who eventually brought General Antonio Luna to life in the historical drama.
Mon Confiado and Benjamin Alves will be reprising their roles in “Quezon”—Confiado as political rival Emilio Aguinaldo, and Alves as a younger Quezon.
Karylle Yuzon has been cast as Quezon’s wife, Aurora; Romnick Sarmenta as Sergio Osmeña; JC Santos as Manuel Roxas; and Cris Villanueva as an older Joven Hernando, the token fictional character in the movie series.
