Death bed convert to the Church. Hard to believe it will be 47 years this August since he died. When I heard that he had died in 1979 I felt as if a member of my family had died. A lot of Americans at the time felt that way. John Wayne, the one and only.
Before they filmed the above scene, Wayne jokingly told Dern that America would never forgive him for this. Dern responded, “Yeah, but they’ll love me in Berkley!”
First time I’ve seen that Bruce Dern quotation. Actual LOL. 😂
So, Bruce Dern knew the culture.