“I love underdog stories and aspirational stories.
I don’t think people go to see movies; they go to feel movies.
And this one really got me in the right way.”
Jay Hernandez and Dennis Quaid in ‘The Long Game.'.Mucho Mas Media, Fifth Season, and Bonniedale
“It’s a dream come true, only in America, really,” says the former Mustang.
“We were fighting brutal poverty and brutal discrimination.
Our parents were migrants, they were illiterate, and we were very poor.
The real Del Rio Mustangs in 1957 (L) and ‘The Long Game’ actors (R).Mucho Mas Media, Fifth Season, and Bonniedale
And then we got an idea, let’s make our golf course.
We started gathering all the equipment, and we started swinging.”
“We worked all night, but it was a great crew for that.
Dennis Quaid in ‘The Long Game.'.Mucho Mas Media, Fifth Season, and Bonniedale
That’s where movies actually get great for me.
“Julio Quintana, the director, kept saying this throughout,” Quaid says.
“This movie’s not about golf.
In 2012, the Mustangs were inducted into the Latino International Sports Hall of Fame.
“It was very gratifying.”
He no longer plays golf due to a health condition but says he enjoys watching others play.
“Golf is very addicting.
Once you start playing, you don’t wanna stop.”
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