"This show and the opportunity that it's giving to Filipino artists is huge because we've often been overlooked," Arielle Jacobs, who plays Imelda Marcos, said. "I've never played a Filipina, and as a Filipina getting the opportunity to do that now, I feel like I'm getting the opportunity to connect to my culture."

"We're moving the needle forward," Jose Llana, who plays Ferdinand Marcos, said."

"Filipino pride must be on full blast here," CBS2's Dave Carlin asked.

"Filipino Americans I think make up one out of every five Asians in America is Filipino, and we have been yearning for representation," Llana said.

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