{"id":54569,"date":"2018-01-12T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T23:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?post_type=uwmnewsgallery&#038;p=54569"},"modified":"2018-07-24T10:17:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T15:17:23","slug":"willem-dafoe-uwm-student-award-winning-actor","status":"publish","type":"uwmnewsgallery","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/gallery\/willem-dafoe-uwm-student-award-winning-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"Willem Dafoe: From 51ÁÔÆæ student to award-winning actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Willem Dafoe was fresh out of high school and eager to learn about acting <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/acclaimed-actor-willem-dafoe-remembers-time-uwm\/\">when he arrived at 51ÁÔÆæ<\/a> in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>He threw himself into the theater, slighting his other classes and many times sleeping in the theater building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was young and very unsophisticated, but eager to train and perform,\u201d Dafoe said.<\/p>\n<p>Corliss Phillabaum, who directed Dafoe in two productions at 51ÁÔÆæ, could see right away that his student had uncommon talent. &#8220;&#8230;.There was something really special about him,\u201d Phillabaum said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willem Dafoe was fresh out of high school and eager to learn about acting when he arrived at 51ÁÔÆæ in 1973. 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