In a shock-scene in the final production script for CBS's upcoming telefilm The Reagans, the camera captures the former president declaring he is the anti-Christ. Former first lady Nancy Reagan has reached out to Hollywood heavyweights, including Merv Griffin, to somehow stop the controversial movie, set for broadcast during the November Sweeps.
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During Iran-Contra Scandal --
INT. REAGANS'S BREAKFAST ROOM -- WHITE HOUSE -- MORNING
Reagan and Nancy sit in front of their breakfast. They can't eat. Can't drink. They're numb.
REAGAN: It's Armageddon... that's what it is. Armageddon. The Leader from the West will be revealed as the anti-Christ, and then God will strike him down. That's me. I am the anti-Christ.
NANCY: No, Ronnie...
REAGAN (overriding): And the Lord will strike down all of civilization, in order to make way for the new order... a new Heaven and a new Earth...
Nancy reaches out, grabs his hand, strongly.
NANCY: Hold on. You've got to hold on, Ronnie.
Reagan's eyes are filling with tears. He can't help it. He's crumbling.
REAGAN: I saved 77 lives in 7 years, Nancy... But I couldn't save those people in Lebanon.
Nancy gets up, puts her arms around him. She rocks him slowly, silently, back and forth.
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