* The setup…
Hollywood is coming to Chicago in April.
On Monday, Governor Pat Quinn announced that Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment will be filming the movie, “Divergent”, the film adaptation of the novel by Chicagoan Veronica Roth.
The movie production is expected to bring 1,000 jobs and more than $30 million in spending to Illinois. It is the first major Hollywood film for Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, the sound stage Governor Pat Quinn worked to attract to Illinois.
“Illinois is an ideal place for filmmakers with our skilled workforce, iconic shooting locations and one of the largest sound stages in the country,” Governor Quinn said. “The film industry is creating good jobs for Illinois electricians, welders, construction workers, actors, make-up artists, security guards and more while also fueling growth in our economy.”
* The Question: Who would play Pat Quinn in a movie about Illinois?
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- Dave Dahl - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:25 pm:
Bob Balaban.
- Jomike - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:26 pm:
Chevy Chase.
- The Captain - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:30 pm:
Anne Hathaway
- Anon - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:32 pm:
Clint Eastwood
- Boone's is Back - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:32 pm:
Jon Hodgman
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=jon+hodgman&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1357700187,d.aWM&biw=1680&bih=945&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=KV30UJOiG9DyqQG07oGYBA
- Anon - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:34 pm:
Bob Denver
- anon sequitor - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:35 pm:
Bill Murray
- Anonymous - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:36 pm:
Jim Belushi?
Howard Hesseman?
Mr. Magoo?
- Milootis - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:37 pm:
Larry Fine
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:40 pm:
Depends on the storyline, and how His Excellency, Governor Pat Quinn is to be seen, so I have a few to begin.
Crazy Pat - John Malkovic
Pleading Pat - Paul Giamatti
Comical Pat - Carl Reiner
Story-telling Pat - Larry David
Spoof Pat - Frm. Sen. Fred Thompson
Silly/Scary Pat - Kevin Spacy
Chicago, “Rah-Rah” Pat - John Belushi
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:41 pm:
===Chicago, “Rah-Rah” Pat - John Belushi===
Jim, sorry.
- Irish - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:42 pm:
Nick Nolte.
They both have a cognitive thought at about the same frequency.
- Bitterman - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:44 pm:
Francis Guinan
- Cheryl44 - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:44 pm:
Jimmy Kimmel
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
I still believe Bill Zwecker and Pat Quinn are one in the same, never in the same spot, and if Bill Zwecker is another person, Bill could pull off a Pat Quinn role fairly easily.
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/17121964/bill-zwecker
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
I’ll second the nominations of Bill Murray and Jim Belushi. Coincidentally, Pat Quinn and Jim Belushi have similar approval ratings.
- Holdingontomywallet - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:49 pm:
John Lovitz “Yeah, That’s the ticket!”
- Anonymous - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:54 pm:
Little Orphan Annie.
- J - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:57 pm:
Whoever it is, I bet they have Ari Emanuel as their agent.
- Keyser Soze - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:57 pm:
I can’t top any of these. Bill Murray is probably the best fit. But, Larry Fine brings the best chuckle.
- Anonymous - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:59 pm:
J - Good point. Especially since Sidney Korshak isn’t around any more. He would have been perfect for ensuring the correct actor got the role.
- MrJM - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:03 pm:
Berwyn’s very own Bob Odenkirk.
– MrJM
- Bitterman - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:06 pm:
Stephen Tobolowsky
- Steve Earle - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:07 pm:
Wayne Duvall
- walkinfool - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:08 pm:
Vince Vaughn
- the Other Anonymous - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:11 pm:
Larry David.
Remember, the key to both Seinfeld and to Curb Your Enthusiasm is that despite whatever happens to the characters, they never learn anything.
- WazUp - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:13 pm:
Bonzo
- Down South - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:13 pm:
Pat Quinn. can’t anyone willing to stay at the super 8.
- Boone's is Back - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:15 pm:
Jon Hodgman
- Endangered Moderate Species - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:15 pm:
Kevin O’Neill
The same hairline and he may still have purple ties in closet. As of this morning, he needs a job.
- nobody - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:21 pm:
It would be an animated film with Squeezy the python as his sidekick and Mean Mr. Madigan as the nemesis. Springsteen would do the musical score “Born To Fix the Illinois Pension Problem.”
- Anon. - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:24 pm:
He should be played by a different no-name in every scene, possibly in every shot in some scenes, to emphasize that no one knows who he is from one day to the next.
- shore - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:24 pm:
Why do we have an Illinois state film office working to get films in chicago AND a chicago film office working to get films in chicago?
- Plutocrat03 - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:27 pm:
Sponge Bob
- RetiredStateEmployee - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:50 pm:
Ed Wood - Even though he always directed disasters, he thought his work was excellent.
- schwartzee - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:53 pm:
I have to agree with the suggestions Chevy Chase and Bill Murray. I also think he might try out for the role to play himself.
- OneMan - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:00 pm:
Svengoolie…
- Arthur Andersen - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:31 pm:
Goofy.
- cook County Commoner - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:31 pm:
No one living. But Peter Sellers in his magnificent Clouseau persona would hit the mark.
- Casting Couch - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:36 pm:
I would go outside the acting community and give it to Art Garfunkel, the singer.
- Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:41 pm:
Eugene Levy
- aufjunk - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:49 pm:
Alvy Moore, who played County Agent Hank Kimble on the Green Acres TV show. Kimble was always talking big, always giving advice and opinions packed with irrelevancies and contradictions, and always ineffectual and completely non-threatening. His availability is probably equal to Sellers’, which would make his performance as governor nearly equal to Quinn’s.
- Darienite - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:53 pm:
William H. Macy. Think of his role in Fargo.
- Ravello - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:59 pm:
Too bad Bob Bell is no longer with us.
- Small Town Home Owner - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:04 pm:
Rodney Dangerfield
- Cincinnatus - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:07 pm:
Himself.
- Sunshine - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:18 pm:
Danny Divito
- Justbabs - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:35 pm:
John Fritchey
- Norseman - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:47 pm:
Karl Pilkington from “An Idiot Abroad”
- 47th Ward - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 5:08 pm:
If it’s 2013 Pat Quinn: Alan Arkin.
If it’s Board of Tax Appeals Pat Quinn: Adam Sandler.
If it’s State Treasurer Pat Quinn: Kevin Spacey.
But if it’s a movie about Lt. Governor Quinn, I just hope they cast Tim Matheson as Blagojevich.
- Excessively Rabid - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 5:41 pm:
I don’t know, but I’d like to see Stanley Tucci as Rahm.
- tack - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 5:48 pm:
A second vote for Larry Fine–or Moe or Curly would work just as well.
- geronimo - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:20 pm:
Phyllis Diller—-is she still around?
- geronimo - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:22 pm:
My respects to Phyllis. She passed last August. Next nominee, PeeWee Herman.
- Jack - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:26 pm:
Patrick from Sponge Bob Squarepants.
- Jack - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:32 pm:
Or maybe Homer Simpson, except that Pat is never in Springfield. I can just hear him saying “Dough!” when pension legislation doesn’t even get called for a vote.
- Just The Way It Is One - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 7:24 pm:
Maybe Patrick Stewart or even the currently-older version of Sean Connery (minus his beard, of course). Admittedly, not easy to pin down a real close famous male actor look-alike for Pat Quinn. And hats-off to Bitterman @ 2:06 pm above with Stephen Tobolowsky suggestion–actually he’d not be that far off for a relatively popular actor playing the Governor (although his BEST role forever will be “Ned” in GROUNDHOG DAY with Bill Murray…)!
- dupage dan - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 8:06 pm:
Richard Sanders. He played newsman Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinatti back in the 80s.
- Quinn T. Sential - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 8:30 pm:
Uncle Fester
- amalia - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 9:25 pm:
is there a governor figure in the dystopic Divergent?
- Reformed - Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 11:04 pm:
Carol Burnett
- Quicknote - Tuesday, Jan 15, 13 @ 8:15 am:
Peter Boyle. Or Charles Durning, were he still alive.