Dennis Quaid It was revealed that his wife, Laura Savoie, was initially disturbed by the character of his real-life killer Keith Hunter Jespers, in his new true crime drama Happy Faces.
On the Paramount+ show, the 70-year-old actor portrays Canadian-American truck driver Jesperson, who murdered at least eight women in the early 1990s. Jespers signed a letter he sent to the media and authorities with a smiley face, known as the “happy face killer.”
In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, Quaid shared Savoie’s reaction to Jespers’ portrayal after watching the show for the first time.
He admitted: “It was an hour because, you know, it was creepy to me too.”
Dennis Quaid admits that his wife Laura Savoie was played by his serial killer. (ed araquel/paramount+/getty)
“But she knows me,” Quaid added.
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Quaid and Savoie, 39, a junior, announced his engagement in October 2019 and got married in June 2020. Quaid explained in a conversation with Fox News Digital that the key to the couple’s successful marriage is their shared marriage Christian faith.
“God is in our relationship,” he said. “I think it’s the real secret. I think having God is crucial in your relationship.”
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Quaid married three times before marrying Savoie. In 1978, he married his “Our Win Season” co-star PJ Soes, but the two divorced in 1983. Previously, he used to be the 1987 “Innerspace”, Quaid and Quaid Meg Ryan Falling in love when they reunited with the new Neuer film doa in 1988
Quaid and Ryan ended in 1991, and welcomed their son Jack the second year. The actor made his third appearance in 1993’s “Flesh and Bones” and was known as one of the Kings in Hollywood.
“That was a few hours after an hour because, you know, it was creepy to me too.”
However, the two fans were shocked when they announced their separation in 2000 and divorced a year later.
In 2004, Quaid Wed Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington. The two, the parents of twins Thomas and Zoe, separated in 2016 and completed their divorce in 2018.
Quaid praised his son Jack, who ranked No. 1 in the U.S. box office. (Getty image of Eric Charbonneau/UTA)
Quaid praised during an interview with Fox News Digital Jack, 31, He followed his parents’ footsteps and began his acting career. Jack made his debut in the 2012 blockbuster dystopian movie The Hunger Games. He returned to the franchise when he made an appearance in 2013’s “Catch Fire.”
Jack continues to appear in a series of independent films and becomes a member of the sketch comedy unit Sasquatch Sketch. After playing supporting roles in “Logan Lucky” and “Trail Girls”, Jack plays his breakthrough role as Hugh Way Hugh Campbell “Campbell” in the popular Amazon main superhero series “Boy.”
In 2023, Jack played his first lead role in an action movie when he was performed in “Novocaine”. The film premiered last weekend and ranked No. 1 in the U.S. box office.
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Quaid told Fox News Digital that seeing Jack’s movie “The Box Office” was “awesome” and that he “can’t be his son”. He also predicts that Jack’s success will surpass his famous parents.
“I think this guy is crossing me and his mother,” he said. “I hope so. I think he will. He’s such a good guy.”
Quaid noted that Jack refused his help because he wanted to do it in Hollywood with his strengths.
“He really made money,” Quaid said. “He did it himself.
Quaid plays “Happy Face Killer” Keith Jespers on the show. (ed araquel/paramount+)
Meanwhile, Quaid’s latest project premiered on Paramount+ on March 20. “Happy Face” It is based on real events surrounding the killer case of joy and told from the perspective of his daughter Melissa Moore.
The show is an adaptation of Moore’s 2009 autobiography sShe co-created Silence with M. Bridget Cook, and her 2018 podcast, Happy Face.
According to the plot summary, “Happy Face” follows Moore (Annaigh Ashford), Keith Jespers’ daughter (quaid), Happy Face Killer, who, under the influence of her father’s identity and her father’s crimes, includes an innocent person facing the crimes committed by her father, including an innocent person facing the death penalty.
Quaid explained in an interview with Fox News Digital why he wasn’t interested in meeting with Jesperson, a life sentence without parole in Oregon State Prison.
“Usually I like – if I play a real life guy – I like to meet them,” he said. “But this guy, I don’t want to meet him. He should be a hole in a prison in Portland. I really don’t want to give him any kind of entertainment or excitement.”
Quaid said Jesson’s real-life daughter had a hard time reconciling her love for her father and her outrageous crimes. (ed araquel/paramount+)
However, Quaid explains how he learned about Jesperson’s character by working with Moore, noting that the story is told from “her father’s perspective.”
The actor details the complex relationship between Moore and her father and how she deals with the consequences His crimes.
“They had a very loving, sweet, affectionate relationship as a kid,” he said of Moore and Jespson. “He was a truck driver, but at the age of 15, she discovered her father’s serial killer. So, how do you reconcile in your brain? I mean, it’s not right?”
Quaid continued: “She has lived her whole life since then. “Because you still have feelings for your parents. ”
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Despite Jespers’ outrageous murder, Quaid explains that Moore is ambivalent in how to “stop loving” her father.
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“I don’t know how you did it,” he said. “She really struggled and struggled just for normalcy. I really admire her because she’s already accepted that, not only did she contact the victim’s family—he killed eight women in five years—but the families of other serial killers she’s already reached out, they really formed a group, they really formed a person… no one has really understood it except for the people you’ve ever been through.”
Quaid’s “Happy Face” co-star James Wolk and Tamera Tomakili also sat down for an interview with Fox News Digital before the show premiered. Wolk plays Moore’s husband Ben and Tomakili as Ivy, the producer of a popular talk show, Moore is working as a makeup artist.
Annaleigh Ashford is portrayed as Melissa and Tamera Tomakili being considered Ivy in “Happy Face”. (ed araquel/paramount+)
James Wolk plays Melissa’s husband Ben’s Happy Face. (ed araquel/paramount+)
While talking to Fox News Digital, Wolk and Tomakili discussed their experiences in their work With quaid.
“He’s really a generous actor, and he’s very friendly, very professional, and I’m looking at it when I grow up,” Volcker said. “So for me, it’s a trip. That’s one of the moments – it’s cool. It’s working with the legend, he’s a great actor.”
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“I think there is such a thing, not this form he has, but he gives so much raw energy that it removes the feeling of needing a fit, or I’m working with this great actor,” Tomakili recalls. “Like, ‘I’m going to give you what I’m going to give you, you have to strengthen or match.'”
She continued: “It’s so fun to have tennis games like this, and it’s because the moment you have someone say “action” you have a so dedicated and ready.
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Wolk and Tomakili also share what they want the audience to take away from watching “happy faces.”
“I think we both said that this is not a glorious violence,” Volker said.
“It won’t glorify it,” Tomakili agreed.
“And I think people should know that this is not a glorious thing Killer or violence It does this,” Volk continues. “It involves trauma and psychology affected by it and the people affected. So, I think it’s important for people to know to come in. ”
“Yes, it shows the other side,” Tomakili said. “The people who are actually affected by it and how they move forward through it.”
“Happy Face” will premiere on Paramount+ on March 20.
