Rob Reiner was sitting at a table at the Beverly Hills Polo Lounge on Wednesday when his wife Michele called from San Francisco with the breaking news that Proposition 8 had been overturned. He'd wanted to be in San Francisco too but had already committed to a full day of publicity for his new film "Flipped," which Warner Bros. releases Friday.
The fact that he was in the Polo Lounge had a nice symmetry to it -- he happened to be sitting at the exact same table where, just 22 months earlier, he and several friends had first discussed the idea of pursuing a federal court challenge, an idea that many thought was quixotic and some felt downright risky.
"It was crazy," Reiner said of fact that he was back at the table where it all began.
The battle to defeat Prop. 8 had launched the 63-year-old actor-turned-director-turned-political activist into a whole different sphere.
The fact that he was in the Polo Lounge had a nice symmetry to it -- he happened to be sitting at the exact same table where, just 22 months earlier, he and several friends had first discussed the idea of pursuing a federal court challenge, an idea that many thought was quixotic and some felt downright risky.
"It was crazy," Reiner said of fact that he was back at the table where it all began.
The battle to defeat Prop. 8 had launched the 63-year-old actor-turned-director-turned-political activist into a whole different sphere.
- 8/5/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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