Lou Diamond Phillips celebrated the anniversary of La Bamba by reflecting on how the Ritchie Valens biopic changed his life forever.
On the movie’s 34th anniversary, Lou Diamond Phillips took to Twitter to remember La Bamba.
Though Phillips had sporadic acting roles in the mid-80s, his breakout role was as Ritchie Valens in La Bamba.
Phillips made a perfect Ritchie Valens and it’s hard to imagine anyone else in that role, though it’s just as true that Esai Morales was also amazing in La Bamba.