Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller talk new movie ‘Reagan’

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THNCHTS, WE ARE CATCHING UP FOR TWO HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHTS. GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY NOMINEE DENNIS QUAID, KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN CLASSIC FILMS LIKE "THE RIGHT STUFF" AND "THE PARENT TRAP." >> AND PENELOPE ANN MILLER, GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY NOMINATED ACTRESS -- >> NOW THEY ARE TAKING ON THE ROLES OF PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN AND FIRST LADY NANCY, IN THE FILM "REAGAN." IT'S AN INTIMATE STORY OF THEIR COURTSHIP THROUGH THE WHITE HOUSE AND EVEN THE ATTEMPT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LIFE. TAKE A LOOK. >> I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. I ALWAYS WALK ON YOUR LEFT SIDE. >> NO, NO. NO, THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOU. >> MAKES ME CRY. >> I KNOW! YOU JUST IMMEDIATELY GET WRAPPED INTO THIS LOVE STORY. GOOD MORNING TO BOTH OF YOU. >> GOOD MORNING! THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. >> IT IS A LOVE STORY AT THE CORE. THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A PRESIDENT REAGAN WITHOUT NANCY. IT'S TRUE. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, DENNIS, WE'VE TALKED BEFORE. WHEN I INTERVIEWED YOU LAST, YOU SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING -- THIS IS A PASSION PROJECT. YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. YOU SAY IT'S YOUR FAVORITE FILM THAT YOU'VE DONE. >> I JUDGE MY MOVIES BY THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD BY MAKING THEM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN AN AUDIENCE MEMBER. AND BEFORE THIS, IT HAD BEEN "THE RIGHT STUFF." I GOT MY PILOT'S LICENSE AND ASTRONAUTS AND STUFF, BUT THIS HAS TOPPLED IT. >> BECAUSE HE GOT TO WORK WITH ME. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. AND BY THE WAY, WE ANNOUNCED THE CASTING FOR NANCY REAGAN ON THIS SHOW IN 2020. >> I'VE SAID, IT'S TAKEN A FOUR-YEAR WHITE HOUSE TERM JUST TO GET THIS MOVIE OUT TO THE PUBLIC FINALLY. WE WERE IN OKLAHOMA FOUR YEARS AGO IN COVID. WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST OUT THE GATE TO FILM. BUT WE GOT TO BE A LITTLE TIGHT-KNIT FAMILY. >> WE WERE IN A BUBBLE. >> SO DENNIS WHEN HE MET YOU? >> YES, LEDID. THAT WAS A REAL COURTSHIP. HE WANTED TO WIN ME OVER, HE COULDN'T GET INTO MY HOUSE AND HE LITERALLY HOPPED THE FENCE. >> WERE YOU NOT LETTING HIM IN? >> HE DIDN'T WANT TO WORRY ABOUT THE BUZZER AND ME BUZZING HIM. >> YOUR PLACE IS VERY HARD TO GET INTO. >> IN SOME PLACES, THAT'S CALLED BREAKING AND ENTERING. >> YES, YES. >> WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL NICKNAME? >> NANCY PANTS. >> THAT'S WHAT HE CALLED HER. THAT'S WHAT REAGAN CALLED NANCY. >> SHE WAS SO FANTASTIC. SHE WAS NANCY REAGAN. SHE WAS CHANNELING HER. EVEN IN THE LUNCH LINE -- >> IN THE LUNCH LINE. >> I ATE LIKE NANCY. >> LOOKING AT THE SIDE BY SIDES HERE, NANCY REAGAN WAS SUCH A FASHION ICON. HOW FUN WAS IT TO DRESS UP AND KIND OF EMBODY HER IN THAT WAY AND LITERALLY WALK IN HER SHOES? >> IT WAS SCARY TO TAKE ON THE ROLE AND VERY CHALLENGING AND I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT HER WAS THAT SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER FASHION AND HER LOOK. THE WIGS AND THE MAKEUP -- >> IT WAS HALF THE BUDGET, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. >> I'M SURE IT WAS. AND WE DID A LOT TO RECREATE THESE ICONIC LOOKS OF HER. AND I DO LOVE FASHION, SO IT WAS FUN FOR ME. AND IT HELPED ME GET INTO HER CHARACTER AND I FELT LIKE I WAS CHANNELING HER SPIRIT BY WEARING THESE CLOTHES. MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. >> DENNIS, WE TALKED A MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO TURN 70. >> WE COMMENTED ON THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A YEAR OLDER THAN WHEN RONALD REAGAN WAS ELECTED FOR HIS SECOND TERM. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> DOES THAT REAGAN LINE ABOUT NOT EXPLOITING YOUR OPPONENT'S YOUTH AND INEXPERIENCE KIND OF NOW COME INTO PLAY FOR YOU? >> YEAH, WELL, I GUESS, I REFUSE TO THINK THAT WAY, ACTUALLY, AL, ABOUT THIS WHOLE AGE DEAL. I SORT OF GET IT NOW. YOU NEVER KNOW UNTIL IT COMES UP, YOU KNOW? BUT, YEAH, REAGAN WAS, WHAT, 69, 70 YEARS OLD, DURING HIS SECOND TERM, AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE. AND NOW YOU DON'T EVEN HIT THAT ISSUE UNTIL YOU'RE 79 OR 80. >> YOU PLAYED A NUMBER OF FOLKS IN BIOPICS. WYATT EARP -- >> DOC HOLIDAY. >> BILL CLINTON, EVEN BEFORE RONALD REAGAN. >> YES. >> HE'S BIPOLAR. >> IF BILL CLINTON HAD A CONVERSATION WITH RONALD REAGAN, HOW WOULD IT SOUND. >> OH, I THINK IT WOULD BE -- WELL, IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID, AND THEN IT WOULD BE, WELL, THERE YOU GO AGAIN. >> THAT'S PRETTY GOOD! >> WHO'S GOING TO PLAY YOU IN THE BIOPIC? >> THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED? MAYBE MY SON, JACK, BUT, NO, I THINK HE HAS BETTER THINGS TO DO. >> YOU GUYS ARE LOVELY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> OH, -- BUT REAGAN, AT THE CORE, IT'S A LOVE STORY AND IT'S ABOUT US, AS WELL. IT GOES THROUGH EIGHTH DECADES OF THE 20th CENTURY. >> WE WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH AND THANK PEACHES FOR STICKING AROUND. >> I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS SITTING THERE. >> SHE'S GOT TO CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT. >> SHE WENT EVERYWHERE -- >> SHE'S THE FAMILY DOG IN "REAGAN." >> OH, THERE WE GO! >>

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