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* 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?
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:24 pm
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Bob Balaban.
Comment by Dave Dahl Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:25 pm
Chevy Chase.
Comment by Jomike Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:26 pm
Anne Hathaway
Comment by The Captain Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:30 pm
Clint Eastwood
Comment by Anon 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
Comment by Boone's is Back Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:32 pm
Bob Denver
Comment by Anon Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:34 pm
Bill Murray
Comment by anon sequitor Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:35 pm
Jim Belushi?
Howard Hesseman?
Mr. Magoo?
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:36 pm
Larry Fine
Comment by Milootis Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:37 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
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:40 pm
===Chicago, “Rah-Rah” Pat - John Belushi===
Jim, sorry.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:41 pm
Nick Nolte.
They both have a cognitive thought at about the same frequency.
Comment by Irish Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:42 pm
Francis Guinan
Comment by Bitterman Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:44 pm
Jimmy Kimmel
Comment by Cheryl44 Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:44 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
Comment by Oswego Willy 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.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:49 pm
John Lovitz “Yeah, That’s the ticket!”
Comment by Holdingontomywallet Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:49 pm
Little Orphan Annie.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:54 pm
Whoever it is, I bet they have Ari Emanuel as their agent.
Comment by J 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.
Comment by Keyser Soze Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:57 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.
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 1:59 pm
Berwyn’s very own Bob Odenkirk.
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:03 pm
Stephen Tobolowsky
Comment by Bitterman Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:06 pm
Wayne Duvall
Comment by Steve Earle Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:07 pm
Vince Vaughn
Comment by walkinfool Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:08 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.
Comment by the Other Anonymous Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:11 pm
Bonzo
Comment by WazUp Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:13 pm
Pat Quinn. can’t anyone willing to stay at the super 8.
Comment by Down South Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:13 pm
Jon Hodgman
Comment by Boone's is Back 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.
Comment by Endangered Moderate Species Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:15 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.”
Comment by nobody Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:21 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.
Comment by Anon. 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?
Comment by shore Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:24 pm
Sponge Bob
Comment by Plutocrat03 Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:27 pm
Ed Wood - Even though he always directed disasters, he thought his work was excellent.
Comment by RetiredStateEmployee Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:50 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.
Comment by schwartzee Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 2:53 pm
Svengoolie…
Comment by OneMan Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:00 pm
Goofy.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:31 pm
No one living. But Peter Sellers in his magnificent Clouseau persona would hit the mark.
Comment by cook County Commoner Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:31 pm
I would go outside the acting community and give it to Art Garfunkel, the singer.
Comment by Casting Couch Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:36 pm
Eugene Levy
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:41 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.
Comment by aufjunk Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:49 pm
William H. Macy. Think of his role in Fargo.
Comment by Darienite Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:53 pm
Too bad Bob Bell is no longer with us.
Comment by Ravello Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 3:59 pm
Rodney Dangerfield
Comment by Small Town Home Owner Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:04 pm
Himself.
Comment by Cincinnatus Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:07 pm
Danny Divito
Comment by Sunshine Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:18 pm
John Fritchey
Comment by Justbabs Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:35 pm
Karl Pilkington from “An Idiot Abroad”
Comment by Norseman Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 4:47 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.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 5:08 pm
I don’t know, but I’d like to see Stanley Tucci as Rahm.
Comment by Excessively Rabid Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 5:41 pm
A second vote for Larry Fine–or Moe or Curly would work just as well.
Comment by tack Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 5:48 pm
Phyllis Diller—-is she still around?
Comment by geronimo Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:20 pm
My respects to Phyllis. She passed last August. Next nominee, PeeWee Herman.
Comment by geronimo Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:22 pm
Patrick from Sponge Bob Squarepants.
Comment by Jack Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:26 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.
Comment by Jack Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 6:32 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…)!
Comment by Just The Way It Is One Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 7:24 pm
Richard Sanders. He played newsman Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinatti back in the 80s.
Comment by dupage dan Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 8:06 pm
Uncle Fester
Comment by Quinn T. Sential Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 8:30 pm
is there a governor figure in the dystopic Divergent?
Comment by amalia Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 9:25 pm
Carol Burnett
Comment by Reformed Monday, Jan 14, 13 @ 11:04 pm
Peter Boyle. Or Charles Durning, were he still alive.
Comment by Quicknote Tuesday, Jan 15, 13 @ 8:15 am