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\nDennis Quaid is in attendance at Dancing with the Stars as a surprise guest of Parent Trap costar Elaine HendrixPEOPLE spotted the actor backstage ahead of Hendrix\u2019s performance to honor their Parent Trap costar Lisa Ann WalterThe trio starred together in The Parent Trap in 1998 alongside Lindsay Lohan<\/p>\n
Dennis Quaid<\/a> is in the ballroom to support his Parent Trap costar Elaine Hendrix<\/a> at Dancing with the Stars.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n PEOPLE spotted the 71-year-old actor backstage ahead of Hendrix and her partner, Alan Bersten, performing a foxtrot to \u201cThis Will Be (An Everlasting Love)\u201d by Natalie Cole for the show\u2019s Dedication Night<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Hendrix, 54, dedicated the routine to her friend and fellow Parent Trap star Lisa Ann Walter<\/a>, 62, who also joined the couple on the dance floor.\n<\/p>\n Quaid was seen patting his former costars\u2019 shoulders and giving them words of encouragement before the performance. He could also be seen nodding his approval after the dance \u2014 and earning a thunderous round of excited shouts from the audience.\n<\/p>\n “It means everything to me, the love and support of the people who are here and the people who aren’t here,” Hendrix said of her cheering squad. “I just I feel so much love. And when you are lucky enough to have these kind of people in your life, you have to hold on to them because they’re lifers.”\n<\/p>\n Dennis Quaid and Elaine Hendrix in 1998’s ‘The Parent Trap.’.<\/p>\n Disney+<\/p>\n Hendrix previously told PEOPLE, \u201cThey said<\/a> Dedication Week was coming. I said, ‘Well, I need to have Lisa Ann Walter there with me.’ ”\u00a0\n<\/p>\n The actress also previously said Walter was her “life security blanket<\/a>,” adding, “[Dance partner] Alan [Bersten]<\/a> is my show security blanket, and Lisa is my life security blanket,” she says. “And I look at her and I instantly feel calm.”\n<\/p>\n “She just knows,” Hendrix said of the Abbott Elementary star. “We know what to say to each other because we know each other so well. So when I start to get on the edge, she knows how to bring me back and how to calm me down. And so, having her here means everything to me.”\n<\/p>\n