Dennis Quaid explains how a parent had a trap for him to cast as a happy face murderer

Dennis quaidRole as a guilty murderer Keith Hunter Jesperson very different from The parent trap‘s Nick Parker – but somehow the film might have scored his Happy face gig.

During a unique interview with Weekly USQuaid, 70, was asked for his time playing Nick Parker in the iconic film in 1998, who said to her, “I think that’s why they hired me (on a happy face) to tell you the truth. I tried to capture the truth of this guy but it’s not a trophy truth.”

Quaid broke down his attitude to Play Jesperson, 69, which included not getting too close to the material.

“I didn’t meet him on purpose because (Jesperson girl) Melissa (Moore) He wrote this book (who inspired the show). I think she knows him better than he knows herself, ”said the actor.“ Because I think he had lied to himself a lot. That’s the only way you can do those things. Rationalization. Serial killers have no feelings. Otherwise, how do they do what they do? “

Happy face largely inspired by Moore’s “Happy Face” podcast and his autobiography in 2009, Silence breakdown. Moore has addressed Jesperson’s daughter as he continues served his sentence after he murder at least eight women in the early 1990s.

Before joining the show, quaid already a true crime Fan. “What I love about the show is that it is valid. That’s what has gone for it,” shared with it Us. “I fall asleep to Declaration All the time – in a good way. But if you love a true crime, you’re going to be addicted to this. “

He acknowledged quaid, though he Did not reach out For Jesperson, the prisoner could still have his thoughts on the series.

“I don’t care what he thinks of him, to tell you the truth,” he explained. “Hopefully he won’t get to see the show because I’m sure he would be interested in seeing the show. He is bored in prison.”

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The actor continued: “It’s in a prison hole, and that’s exactly where it should be. I didn’t want to give him any kind of satisfaction or excitement. In this story, he’s from his daughter’s point of view.”

In spite of not looking for Jesperson’s opinion, quaid preferred to bring a real person to life.

“I like playing real people because there are true stories stranger than fiction,” Quaid told us. “You can’t do these things up. But I usually want to meet the real life person if he is alive because I wanted to play them from their point of view. But with this, I didn’t want to meet him.”

New chapters of Happy face Thursday streaming on paramount+.

With reporting by Travis Cronin and Antonio Ferme