- The president may have the West Wing,

but the East Wing belongsto the First Lady.

A brand new movie starring Nancy Stafford

centers around the fight for that office,

at least until an unexpectedoffer rolls around.

- A woman I once knew,she's quite the character.

And what hasn't been done, she will do;

what has been done, she will do better.

- What kind of presidentdoesn't have a First Lady?

It's plain un-Amercian.

- She's an ex-First Lady, that's all.

She doesn't get a do overjust because her husband died.

- You just saved our jobs.

- It looks like you have a second chance.

- Okay, you say he's only a bodyguard,

then why is the State Department here?

- I think it is safe to saythat none of us saw that coming.

(First Lady groans)

(gentle music)

- Well, Nancy Staffordis here with us now.

Welcome back to "the 700 Club".

It's been awhile sincewe've been together here.

- Good to see you again Terry.

- Thanks you too.

It looks like such a fun movie.

I want to ask you,

in the role that youplay as the first lady,

every first lady to me seemsso distinctly different.

Did you have one that was a favorite

that you kind ofpatterned your role after?

- That's a great question, Iactually took bits and pieces

of attributes of thefirst ladies I most admire

and made a composite character.

So I took the vivaciousness

and the feistiness of Barbara Bush.

You knew exactly.

- [Terry] I knew whoyou were talking about.

- And the grace and dignity of Laura Bush,

and her humor.

And even the compassion of Michelle Obama.

And our current first ladyMelania, her dignity and grace,

and tremendous strengthunder great pressure.

So she's a composite ofa lot of first ladies.

- Fun, what a fun role.

- Oh my goodness,

who wouldn't love to playFLOTUS for heaven sake?

- So take us into the movie.

We just saw little snippets of it there,

but your husband is president,

he dies while in office,

and then what happens?

- His dying wish

is that I would help ourcurrent vice president

in his bid for the presidency.

Mainly in an effort to besure that our ditzy opponents

do not completely destroy theintegrity of the position.

So I run alongside of himas a non-spousal first lady.

- [Terry] Wow, what was thehardest part of your role?

- The speed probably with which you shoot.

This is an independentproduction beautifully done

by the wonderful writer,director, producer, Nina May,

but when you're doingindependent production,

it's very fast.

So it was probably, and Iwas in almost every scene--

- [Terry] Know your lines.

- [Nancy] Know your lines (laughs).

But it was a delight, everyday was just absolutely a joy.

- This is not a political movie,

even though we're talkingabout political scenarios here,

but it really is a romantic comedy,

so where does the romance come into that?

- You're exactly right.

It's set in the world ofpresidential politics,

completely non-partisan, non-political,

but the prince of my youth,

I had fallen in love, as a teenager,

when my father who ran the CIA

took me to a European country.

- [Terry] What a life you've had.

- I'm telling you.

Well, you know, first ladies.

(Terry laughs)

But interestingly,

it's sort of the story ofthe Prince and the Pauper.

So the young prince of this land

disguised himself as his valet

so he would see if he couldwin my heart as a real person,

which he did, and then years separate us,

and now the prince of my heart,who's now literally a king,

comes back into my lifeto try to win my heart.

- There's another factorat play in this performance

and that is the Boomersverses the Millennials.

How does that play out?

- Well these opponents of ours,

that we're trying to keepout of The White House,

are influencer types,

selfies who want to paintThe White House pink,

and they are the Millennials.

So it's a clash of generations,

Boomers, and traditionalists,and Millennials,

but also a clash of agendas,

a clash of priorities and values.

And even though it's not a faith film,

it's full of kingdom values.

You know, Kate is a womanwho has tremendous integrity,

and self-sacrifice, and grace,

and also, I love the fact that the king,

if those of us who haveeyes to see, the king

who has disguised himselfagain to come in as a commoner,

reminds me so much of our savior.

You know, the Lord, ourKing of Kings, left heaven

and he became one of us.

Ah, sorry (laughs).

- [Terry] That's okay, I doit all the time (laughs).

- But when you realize that he,

and it indicates, he tellsKate, as Jesus tells us,

"I see you, I haven't forgottenyou, and I've come for you."

- You say that the movie brings hope,

is that the underlying message?

- Yes, I think it is.

- He does see us, we have value.

- Yes, second chances,

it's never too late for a second chance,

and it's a message of hope again.

And all the family can see it,

it's a wonderful Valentines Day release

for date night, girls night out.

- Romantic comedy releasedon Valentines Day,

it doesn't get any better than that.

- Yes, isn't it great?

- How did you get into thewhole family value genre

that we'd like to see more of?

- Don't we ever.

So we're hoping this does well

so we can do more ofthis kind of thing, PG.

As an actor, you know for a 150 years,

when I was doing showslike "Matlock" and others,

it was an era where it wassafe, it was wholesome values

that were uplifting and ennobling.

And then television changed,

and I turned down morework than I accepted

for many, many years.

Not because I had agents fire me and say,

"You don't want to work".

And I say, "You have no idea,I just, I can't do that work".

So I began to just findthese smaller films

that were either faithor wholesome family films

and now there are more and more of them

and I am just determined to be apart,

not only now as an actor,

but also now as a beginning producer

shepherding through the pipeline

worthy projects that willennoble and uplift audiences.

You know, audienceswant this kind of movie,

whether you're believers or not,

you want to leave a theaterfeeling better about yourself,

feeling like somethingto aspire to, and laugh.

- That's my criteria forwhether I go or not, seriously.

In the midst of the hubbub of life,

I want to leave betterbecause I saw what was done.

And I agree with you,

one of the ways that wehave to let Hollywood know

that we want these moviesis by going to see them.

- Thank you.

That is how you vote.

So opening weekends are veryimportant for box office

because it tells Hollywood,oh yes, we want more of that.

And so, we so appreciate you

and you informing audiencesabout projects like this.

- And we appreciate your stand

for what's wholesome, and good,and righteous in Hollywood.

Not easy I'm sure,

but thank you so muchfor being with us today

and letting us know about this.

Be sure to get out there and watch it.

The movie's called "First Lady".

It sounds like it's a wonderfulnight out on Valentines Day

with that special person in your life.

It hits theaters one week from today

so check your local listings

or you can go to cbn.com tosee if it's playing near you.

Great to see you.

- Good to see you Terry, thanks.