'NO ONE PLAYED THE ROLE BETTER'

摘要

GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA-RONALD Reagan and Jane Wyman have just entered Hollywood's Cocoanut Grove circa 1940. The director is shouting "action" and the extras at the famous nightclub begin to chat amongst themselves and sip their cocktails. Too tame, so the director shouts again. "Action!" Not good enough. "Action!" Each time the directive comes with more urgency, suggesting that the scene lacks the requisite enthusiasm. No, this isn't a decades-old movie starring the famous actors, it is the set of the September 2020 shooting of a movie titled Reagan, and it stars Dennis Quaid as the title character and Mena Suvari as his first wife. Subbing for the Cocoanut Grove is a Masonic temple that sits on 10 acres in Guthrie, Oklahoma, a site that also doubles for the Oval Office and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin where Reagan pleaded, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"