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10. Clare Danes Is Banned From The Philippines For Disparaging The Country

Clare Danes travelled to Manila in the Philippines to shoot her 1999 drama Brokedown Palace, playing an American woman imprisoned in Thailand for alleged drug smuggling.

The film was shot in the Philippines due to its critical view of the Thai legal system, though somewhat ironically Danes ended up being banned from the Philippines itself due to unflattering remarks she made in interviews.

She referred to Manila as "ghastly and weird," and added that it "f***ing smelled like cockroaches," prompting then-President Joseph Estrada to declare she shouldn't be allowed to enter the country, while Manila City Council formally deemed her persona non grata.

Danes did eventually clarify her comments by stating that she was only referring to the impoverished region where Brokedown Palace was filmed, and that this didn't reflect her opinion of the country or its people at large.

Nevertheless, it doesn't seem that Danes has ever been allowed back to the country, and with Rodrigo Duterte currently in power, her ban is unlikely to be lifted anytime soon.