{"id":2272885,"date":"2024-06-20T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dennis-quaid-says-reagan-ranch-visit-convinced-him-to-star-in-biopic-my-favorite-president\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:10:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T22:10:05","slug":"dennis-quaid-says-reagan-ranch-visit-convinced-him-to-star-in-biopic-my-favorite-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dennis-quaid-says-reagan-ranch-visit-convinced-him-to-star-in-biopic-my-favorite-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Quaid decided to star in Reagan biopic after visiting Reagan Ranch, calling him &#8216;My favorite president"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdennis-quaid-says-reagan-ranch-visit-convinced-him-to-star-in-biopic-my-favorite-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2272885&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Dennis Quaid admitted feeling very intimidated about portraying former President Ronald Reagan \u200bin an upcoming biopic set to release on August 30. He hesitated for two months\u2062 before \u2063accepting the role, but a visit to Reagan&#8217;s ranch in\u2063 California\u2063 ultimately \u200bconvinced \u200dhim to take on the part. Quaid felt a \u2062connection\u2063 to Reagan at the ranch, which motivated him to portray Reagan, whom he admires as a \u200dpersonal hero and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-to-testify-in-fraud-trial-trump-tells-judge-leave-my-children-alone\/\" title=\"Don Jr. set to testify in fraud trial; Trump urges judge to spare his children.\">favorite \u200bpresident<\/a>. His comments were shared during\u200c an \u2064appearance on \u200cFox News&#8217;s \u2064&#8221;The Story with Martha MacCallum.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Actor Dennis Quaid said he was \u201cvery intimidated\u201d to take on the role of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ronald Reagan<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"biopic film\">biopic film<\/a>, which is set to release Aug. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-crews-talks-overcoming-porn-addiction\/\" title=\"Terry Crews Talks Overcoming Porn Addiction\">actor explained<\/a> it took him some time to accept the role of Reagan and that he did not say yes for two months. Quaid revealed a visit to the former president\u2019s ranch in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> was what convinced him to take on the role because the historical site was where he felt a connection to Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows Reagan, just like everybody in the world knows Muhammad Ali,\u201d Quaid said on Fox News\u2019s <em>The Story with Martha MacCallum.<\/em> \u201cAnd he was also a hero of mine, my favorite president, and I didn\u2019t want to do an impersonation. But I went to the Reagan Ranch, and that\u2019s where I really felt him. He was a very humble man actually, up there at the Reagan Ranch, and that\u2019s when I decided to take the roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quaid also revealed that the <em>Reagan<\/em> biopic will make the former president\u2019s relationship with former first lady Nancy Reagan a central focus, noting that they experienced a \u201cvery long love story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The biopic will also feature Quaid\u2019s real-life <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dog<\/a> Peaches, who will play the Reagan family\u2019s dog in the film. However, Quaid acknowledged that Peaches\u2019s role is not \u201ccompletely historically accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/njLPMG8qZ5M?si=3Nk272rfldm32dLt\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quaid made news last month when he revealed that he planned to vote for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> this November, citing his concern about the \u201cweaponization of our justice system.\u201d When elaborating on this decision, Quaid described the use of the U.S. justice system as a \u201cconstitutional issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Reagan<\/em> will not be Quaid\u2019s first biopic. Last year, he starred in <em>On a Wing and a Prayer<\/em>, which detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/wbna30190350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gov-desantis-humiliates-reporters-for-defending-big-tech-video\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gov. DeSantis Humiliates Reporters For Defending Big Tech (VIDEO)\">true story<\/a> of Doug White<\/a>, a passenger who safely landed the plane he and his family were traveling on after the pilot died in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Quaid admitted feeling &#8220;very intimidated&#8221; by the prospect of portraying Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic, set for an August 30 release. Quaid hesitated for two months before accepting the role, revealing the significant pressure and challenge it posed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2272886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dennis-QuaidReagan-biopic-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dennis-QuaidReagan-biopic-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}