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Dennis Quaid Explains How 'Parent Trap' Got Him Cast as 'Happy Face' Killer


Dennis Quaid, who plays convicted killer Keith Hunter Jesperson in Paramount+'s 'Happy Face' exclusively told Us Weekly about how 'The Parent Trap' won him the role

Dennis Quaid ‘s role as convicted killer Keith Hunter Jesperson is very different from The Parent Trap ‘s Nick Parker — yet somehow the movie might have scored him his Happy Face gig. During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Quaid, 70, was asked about his time playing Nick Parker in the iconic 1998 film, to which he said, “I think that’s why they hired me [on Happy Face] to tell you the truth. More than three decades after Hayley Mills wooed fans in 1961’s The Parent Trap, Disney rebooted the classic and produced an equally as big box office hit.

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