- Vice Ganda mourns the death of Wenn Deramas
- They worked together in all of Vice’s blockbuster movies
- The comedian shares Direk Wenn’s coffin is worth P1.3 million
- He says the director deserves it because his worth is more than we can calculate
MANILA, Philippines – “Paano na ako? Si Wenn ay si Vice, si Vice ay si Wenn.”
[What will happen to me now? Wenn is Vice and Vice is Wenn.]
These were the words of comedian Vice Ganda on the fourth night of blockbuster TV and movie director Wenn Deramas’ wake at the Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City.
Deramas, popularly known as Direk Wenn was Vice Ganda’s director in all of his movies; starting from his launching film, “Petrang Kabayo” up to the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival entry “Beauty and the Bestie” which is currently the highest-grossing Filipino film in the country.
According to Vice, all of the roles Direk Wenn gave him in the past have been easy, but the hardest one was choosing Direk Wenn’s coffin and burial clothes.
Despite the pain of his loss and in between tears, the comedian tried to insert jokes because he wants to give a light and funny speech.
He shared there were lots of coffins to choose from. He picked something that’s very simple and he was a bit surprised with the P1.3 million price.
He told Direk Wenn’s friend, June Rufino: “Tita June, parang mas magandang magpa-cremate. P1.3M? E, bonus ‘yun sa blockbuster film.”
[Tita June, I think it’s better to just have him cremated. P1.3M? That’s already equivalent to a blockbuster film bonus.]
But Vice emphasized Direk Wenn deserves that coffin because his worth is more than we can calculate.
He also shared that he was surprised that Direk Wenn’s suit, which was done in advance for the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Awards a few months from now, is very basic; so different from his usual shiny and detailed suits.
Vice said the black and white suit will do as Direk Wenn’s burial clothes.
Direk Wenn died of cardiac arrest at the age of 49 on February 29.
According to an article published by ABS-CBN News, he almost had a heart attack two years ago, and he underwent an angioplasty last year.
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