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 Since Quaid's character is a CIA agent trying to protect the president, you know what that means – he got to train with real agents before filming began. "It was really interesting," he says. "Mostly it was a few ex-Secret Service guys who came down to Mexico City and trained us for a few weeks before we started shooting. It was mostly about choreography, how they protect the President when he goes into crowds and receiving lines. It's almost like a football team, everyone knows their job. It's all been planned out six months in advance to begin with. Nothing happens impromptu in those situations. Within the crowd too. You have the guys in front of the President as he goes down the line, someone behind the President with his hand up under his jacket under his belt so he can jerk him out of the way, guys that are three rows into the crowd scanning everybody, and guys behind the crowd." He was able to learn a few other choice tidbits about the CIA, too. "For instance, the Reagan assassination attempt, even though it was ultimately a failure, those guys still feel like it was a failure on their part because they should have caught it way back," Quaid says. "They receive a lot of threats to the President every day from all different sources throughout the country and the world, and they have to check out every one of them. They keep tabs on people, call them up every once in awhile, find out where they are, form relationships with them." Vantage Point was one of four movies that Quaid worked on back-to-back – an experience that he says was worthwhile but that he’s never planning on doing again. First up is the indie Sundance hit Smart People, co-starring Juno's Ellen Page as well as Thomas Haden Church and Sarah Jessica Parker. After that comes the sports movie The Express and the dark thriller The Horsemen. And now Quaid's about to start work on another huge summer blockbuster: G.I. Joe. "My generation is only familiar with G.I. Joe the doll, which really didn't do much," Quaid says. “He was 'G.I. Joe, fighting man from head to toe.' The generation of 35-year-olds remembers the television show, and that's really more what it's going to be like. The actual playing out of it, the way it's written, the way we're going to do it is more like the cartoon show and a little like the old James Bond – Dr. No, S.P.E.C.T.R.E., lots of gadgets, things like that." Yep, it looks like Quaid should have a bright future of crowdpleasers and the occasional indie for some time to come. Still, you just can't top some things – and when Quaid is asked what his favorite film experience was, he doesn’t even hesitate. "The Right Stuff. Because it was such a boyhood thing ... |
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