Posted on 05/20/2024 7:43:16 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
When I was offered the role of Ronald Reagan’s longtime confidant Edwin Meese in “Reagan,” playing opposite Dennis Quaid as the 40th president, I was excited.
I asked our producer, Mark Joseph, if it would be all right if I reached out to Meese and he replied, “We can set that up.”
I was pleasantly surprised and immediately started to prepare my questions for the interview.
The outcome was that Reagan’s former counselor and U.S. attorney general spent an hour with me on a Zoom session. His insights were helpful and as I prepared myself for the role, I read as much as I could about Meese from both fans and detractors and watched any YouTube videos I could find.
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It is good to hear about an actor doing in-depth research for his role.
Meese got the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’.
Sergeant Payne was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Yes. I recall that he was. He is well thought of across the spectrum of Conservatives, IMO.
Way cool. But I have sympathy for Russell Crowe who had to immerse himself in Dick Cheney. I noticed that after that he really nailed a lot of villain roles, so apparently playing a real-life one paid off.
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