Boston Globe is reporting that John Goodman will be portraying Ed Davis in the Patriots’ Day Movie. Although I am more likely to wait until the movie comes out on DVD, rather than see it in the theater, this casting definitely makes me more excited for the project.
Back when Good Will Hunting and Ted came out in the theater, part of what made these films great was watching for familiar landmarks in the background, like the scenes in Harvard Square, or the baseball field in Southie. My personal favorite was watching GWH at the Kendall Theater, and someone behind me yelled out, “My Sister’s Boyfriend’s kid goes to that school.”
P.S. I strongly considered including a GIF with an exploding head in order to “yank the chain” of another poster, but all the exploding head GIFs were perhaps a little too graphic.
…having to get used to the idea of John Goodman playing a Speaker/acting President on the West Wing.
BTW, Mike, did you know that Ed Davis joins you and me as an alumnus of Bishop Guertin High School?
When he was watching the news about the “shelter in place” shutdown of Massachusetts with his family, he recognized Mr. Davis as a classmate. A few years ago, my brother had a stroke that seriously damaged his short term memory, which as a result has caused his long term memory to kick in to compensate. My Sister-In-Law pulled out his yearbook and found his picture there. When discussing the shelter in place at a family gathering, that’s when I found out, but I have not seen any other reference in the news anywhere.
Also, the building I worked in at the time was only a few blocks from the boat in the back yard and became the backdrop of nearly every network as they descended on Watertown. If you drive up Route 20, it is the Arsenal Building, for which the Arsenal Mall was named: it the 4 story brick building with the cannons in front. Because of car trouble, I ended up using public transport A LOT and know many of the locations from that night, so I would be curious to see the neighborhood in a movie, in the same way it was to watch “Spencer For Hire”, to see other Boston locations on TV. I would hate to find out at the end of the credits that the film was shot in Toronto (i.e. large chunks of “Good Will Hunting”).
And we will all pay generously for this “privilege” as long as Bobby runs the house.