+14397 – Danny Trejo to Star as Ferdinand Magellan in ‘1521’ Philippines-Set Historical Actioner
2022-08-06 01:41:39
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+14397 – Danny Trejo to Star as Ferdinand Magellan in ‘1521’ Philippines-Set Historical Actioner
2022-08-06 01:41:39
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In spirit of Filipino history. [Here’s](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_oWV5_SYkys) a song that my father showed me depicting what happened when Magellan came to Philippines in song form. This song is a classic from what my father said.
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>“1521” is a U.S.-Philippines production that follows the journey of Magellan, who led the Spanish expedition and was one of the first Europeans to travel to Asia. He reached the archipelago that is known as Philippines today on March 16, 1521.
>Joining Trejo in the cast is Michael Copon (“One Tree Hill,” “Power Rangers,” “Scorpion King 2”). He will play the role of Datu Lapu-lapu, an island ruler and leader of the warriors who fended off Magellan’s attempted colonization of the Philippine archipelago. Magellan’s forces were defeated and the Portuguese explorer killed in the Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521.
I love Danny, but Magellan died at 41 and Danny is SEVENTY-FUCKING-EIGHT.
Oh my fucking god…. when I saw “News” followed by “Danny Trejo” I thought the next bit was going to be something tragic…. thank fuck!
Don’t tell John Leguizamo
What they meant is Machete will star as Machete in Machete.
Hmm, he doesn’t look very Portuguese lol.
but danney trejo is mexican, and magellan is portugese ? Are you serious?
-john leguizamo
This looks like a headline from The Onion
I read it as auctioneer, now I want to see storage wars with him as the auctioneer.
Rodrigo Santoro portrayed an amazingly good Magellan in Sin Limites (IMO, of course).
I love Danny Trejo, but this is an horrible miscast.
Magellan was a white European, Trejo looks more mixed Euro/Native like a lot of Chicanos.
I don’t get how casting didn’t see this? It seems as though all film studios from Hollywood to the Philippines shrug their shoulders at accuracy.
How tf lapulapu look whiter than Magellan lol
What a terrible casting. Danny Trejo looks nothing, nothing like what a Portuguese at the time would. Also, how does the actor for lapu-lapu looks whiter than Magellan.
I’m happy we got Silence as a historical movie depicting portuguese naval history. That was a good one with good actors.
I guess this one is going to fail.
Michael Copon is half Filipino and the true story of Magellan and Lapu Lapu is sick. This could be really good. Please let it be really good.
Trejo doesn’t look Portuguese at all…
How they gonna get a dude who was 78 to play Magellan? Who died at 41. The highest life expectancy in 1500 was 69 to 74
That’s the highest… seems like they just wanted a Danny trejo movie
I love Danny but this is a really odd choice. Joaquim de Almeida or even Louis Ferreira come to mind.
Feel like he is slightly older for the role.
Is John Leguizamo going to protest this one? Trejo is American and Magellan was Portuguese.
miscast. He looks more like Lapu-Lapu than Magellan
Nothing against Danny Trejo, but Magellan was Portuguese
As a Portuguese, seeing is name translated is cringe
…. what?
Fernão Magalhães was 41 years old and Portuguese. Trejo is 78 and native american/mexican.
Hola DEA
Terrible casting
I guess no Portuguese actor was available.
Danny Trejo looks more Filipino than Portuguese. Who the hell greenlit this?
I love Danny Trejo but this is ridiculously bad casting. Trejo is Mexican mixed race and Magellan was a white European. Not to mention Magellan was fucking *half* Trejo’s current age when he was killed. I mean just downright terrible
Apparently casting Bea Alonzo as well, a top leading actress in the country. Set to play a diwata, a sort of deity or a fairy. I guess the movie has some fantasy built into it.
https://entertainment.inquirer.net/459594/bea-alonzo-joins-cast-of-international-movie-1521-the-battle-of-mactan/amp
Shoulda had James Franco instead! Lol
Magellan v Lapu-Lapu would’ve been a great Assassin’s Creed game.
People do realize that he is a c level actor, right? All of his movies are basically Asylum productions by now. So this 1521 is gonna be shit as fuck.
Lol… People complaining about James Franco but not this??
This casting alone makes me think that this movie will end up as one of those cookie-cutter inaccurate “historical” films. Hollywood should seriously stop making shit like this.
This casting decision doesn’t make any sense. The guy is way too old for the role.
Uhh Magellan was a 40 year old Portuguese man, why are they casting a Latino pushing 80 lol
In 1994, the Portuguese actor Joaquim de Almeida played Mexican drug lord El Bucho in Desperado. In 2022, Mexicanactor Danny Treho is going to play Portuguese sailor Magellan. We’ve finally gone full circle.
oh boy i sure hope this isnt another historically innaccurate hollywood movie!