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Indian Coast Guard’s Director General Rakesh Pal Passes Away
Rakesh Pal, Indian Coast Guard Director, was rushed to a hospital in Chennai.
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‘Took Me A While’: Dennis Quaid Reveals He Was ‘Scared’ To Portray Ronald Reagan In Biopic
Dennis Quaid will be seen playing Ronald Reagen in his upcoming biopic drama Reagen which is set to release on August 30, 2024. The movie is about the 40th president. In a recent conversation, the actor revealed that even after being in the Hollywood industry for over 50 years, he was quite scared to pull off the role.
As per Quaid, he was first offered the role in 2018 but at that time he didn’t sign because for him Reagen is his favorite president. Dennis even mentioned that Reagen is like Muhammad Ali as he is known over the whole world. Despite being scared to death, finally, after taking a while, Quaid said yes to the role.
When Dennis Quaid appeared on the latest episode of Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast, he spoke about his experience of taking up Ronald Reagen’s role. The veteran actor dismissed the host’s remark of being the perfect cast to be roped in. He said, “We’re both actors, we both have sunny dispositions, I think. But everybody in the world knows what he looks like, sounded like, and I just didn’t really feel… It’s a tough one to take on. So I thought about it for a while, because where is the way in? You don’t want to do an impersonation, that’s pretty easy. So it really kind of took me a while to get into who he was as a person.”
Quaid further mentioned that he even went up to Reagen Ranch in Southern California and felt his presence which made him handle his character better. After being in the industry for so long, Reagen has now taken the top spot in the veteran actor’s favorite movie list. He said, “The Right Stuff was my favorite movie I’d ever done until Reagan, actually. After 40 years, the spot’s been taken over.”
Earlier as well, The Day After Tomorrow actor talked about how his admiration towards Reagen gave him the chill to stay away from the project. In an old 2021 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Quaid said, “I didn’t understand why they were offering me Ronald Reagan because I just didn’t see it. I admired him so much, and so I had a chill of fear go down my spine when I was offered it. That’s usually kind of a sign that maybe I should do it, because it’s out of my comfort zone.”
Despite all the fear, Dennis Quaid said yes to the movie. Thank God for that as he admitted it is one of the most interesting roles he has played so far. It was an honor for him to play Reagen through his way of portrayal.
Apart from him, the movie features an ensemble cast, including Jon Voight, Penelope Ann Miller, Mena Suvari, Lesley-Anne Down, David Henrie, and Kevin Dillon. Directed by Sean McNamara Reagen is going to hit the theatres on August 30, 2024. Let us know your thoughts about Dennis Quaid playing Ronald Reagen.
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Elizabeth Debicki Opens Up About Her Opinions On The Crown’s Future; Says It ‘Understood Its Own End’
The final season of The Crown premiered late last year, and star Elizabeth Debicki believes the story has been brought to an acceptable conclusion, and should not be stretched beyond. While speaking to PEOPLE magazine, the star opined that the show “ended in the right place,” respecting “its own cycle in a way.”
Mentioning the show’s creator Peter Morgan, Debicki praised how he had handled the conclusion of the 6-season long series, one which chronicled the life and times of British Royalty. “When you commit to watching six seasons of a show, you need it to end properly,” she added, as the show was a thick body of work that spanned six decades of the history of the monarchy. Debicki played the late Princess Diana, and the final two seasons tackled her car accident in 1997 and the aftermath of the tragedy.
Reflecting on how the incident was covered in the show, the star acknowledges that it was done respectfully by the showrunners. It had been long in conversation about how the show would conclude, and in Debicki’s opinion, it was “delicate” and “intricate.”
But of course, at its heart, The Crown is a drama series- a genre that would face an intense revolt over its coverage of real-life events and blending it in with a dramatized plot. It is, as per Debicki, the show’s strong point- it realizes the category it fits into, using strategies and plot devices in its favor to construct the narrative. “So I like that I sort of self-awareness and using devices like that,” says Debicki, “It just really appeals to me from a kind of dramaturgy standpoint, but also as an audience.”
This role as the beloved Princess Diana was definitely life-changing for her, not only in terms of critical acclaim (she was nominated for this year’s Emmy’s Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama category), but she also felt hard to let go of the character once they had finished shooting. Physically, she had adopted a lot of mannerisms that would not wear off afterward- including a lot of head titling. It did go away slowly, through conscious habits. “That has left me now, but I had to do it consciously,” she told People.
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