Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty, Jeff Spicer/GettyJohn Fettermanis on the brink of making his feature film debut, just one month after winning a closely watched federal election andflipping a Pennsylvania Senate seat blue.While he was still campaigning across his home state, Fetterman — who will be sworn into the 118th U.S. Congress in January — got a call from a couple of unlikely buddies, Academy Award winnerChristian Baleand acclaimed director Scott Cooper. They proposed that he make an appearance in their upcoming filmThe Pale Blue Eye, a thriller set in the 1800s. Fetterman, of course, agreed.Speaking toThe Hollywood Reporter, Cooper explained that he and Bale first met the senator-electabout 10 years agowhile they were filmingOut of the Furnacein Braddock, Pennsylvania, where Fetterman was mayor at the time.“He was very instrumental in helping me to secure locations, to secure state tax incentive in Pennsylvania,” Cooper said of Fetterman in the interview. “Christian and I just maintained a friendship as he became the lieutenant governor, and then of course we supported him as he became a U.S. Senator and helped save our democracy.“But supporting a politician’s campaign and casting a politician in your film are two very different things. It’s Bale, Cooper admitted, who thought to involve Fetterman in the project. “Christian said, ‘You know what, John has such a great face that looks like it comes from 1830, why don’t we put him in the film?'” Cooper toldTHR. “And sure enough, he’s in.“Gisele Barreto Fetterman, the senator-elect’s wife and currentsecond lady of Pennsylvania, was also invited onto the set as an extra.The political couple’s brief cameo in the film seems to be a small token of the Hollywood insiders’ appreciation for Fetterman’s career. “We’re so thankful,” Cooper toldTHR. “We really love John and we think he’s going to represent the Keystone State with great humility and a lot of passion.“The Pale Blue Eye.Scott Garfield/NetflixThe Pale Blue Eyefollows Detective Augustus Landor (Bale) and a young Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) as they work to solve a series of murders at the United States Military Academy in 1830.The crime thriller also starsLucy BoyntonandGillian Anderson.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer.Cooper wrote and directed the film, which opens in theaters on Friday, Dec. 23, and Bale joined him in helping produce it.The Pale Blue Eyewill be available for streaming on Netflix beginning Friday, Jan. 6.
Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty, Jeff Spicer/Getty
John Fettermanis on the brink of making his feature film debut, just one month after winning a closely watched federal election andflipping a Pennsylvania Senate seat blue.While he was still campaigning across his home state, Fetterman — who will be sworn into the 118th U.S. Congress in January — got a call from a couple of unlikely buddies, Academy Award winnerChristian Baleand acclaimed director Scott Cooper. They proposed that he make an appearance in their upcoming filmThe Pale Blue Eye, a thriller set in the 1800s. Fetterman, of course, agreed.Speaking toThe Hollywood Reporter, Cooper explained that he and Bale first met the senator-electabout 10 years agowhile they were filmingOut of the Furnacein Braddock, Pennsylvania, where Fetterman was mayor at the time.“He was very instrumental in helping me to secure locations, to secure state tax incentive in Pennsylvania,” Cooper said of Fetterman in the interview. “Christian and I just maintained a friendship as he became the lieutenant governor, and then of course we supported him as he became a U.S. Senator and helped save our democracy.“But supporting a politician’s campaign and casting a politician in your film are two very different things. It’s Bale, Cooper admitted, who thought to involve Fetterman in the project. “Christian said, ‘You know what, John has such a great face that looks like it comes from 1830, why don’t we put him in the film?'” Cooper toldTHR. “And sure enough, he’s in.“Gisele Barreto Fetterman, the senator-elect’s wife and currentsecond lady of Pennsylvania, was also invited onto the set as an extra.The political couple’s brief cameo in the film seems to be a small token of the Hollywood insiders’ appreciation for Fetterman’s career. “We’re so thankful,” Cooper toldTHR. “We really love John and we think he’s going to represent the Keystone State with great humility and a lot of passion.“The Pale Blue Eye.Scott Garfield/NetflixThe Pale Blue Eyefollows Detective Augustus Landor (Bale) and a young Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) as they work to solve a series of murders at the United States Military Academy in 1830.The crime thriller also starsLucy BoyntonandGillian Anderson.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer.Cooper wrote and directed the film, which opens in theaters on Friday, Dec. 23, and Bale joined him in helping produce it.The Pale Blue Eyewill be available for streaming on Netflix beginning Friday, Jan. 6.
John Fettermanis on the brink of making his feature film debut, just one month after winning a closely watched federal election andflipping a Pennsylvania Senate seat blue.
While he was still campaigning across his home state, Fetterman — who will be sworn into the 118th U.S. Congress in January — got a call from a couple of unlikely buddies, Academy Award winnerChristian Baleand acclaimed director Scott Cooper. They proposed that he make an appearance in their upcoming filmThe Pale Blue Eye, a thriller set in the 1800s. Fetterman, of course, agreed.
Speaking toThe Hollywood Reporter, Cooper explained that he and Bale first met the senator-electabout 10 years agowhile they were filmingOut of the Furnacein Braddock, Pennsylvania, where Fetterman was mayor at the time.
“He was very instrumental in helping me to secure locations, to secure state tax incentive in Pennsylvania,” Cooper said of Fetterman in the interview. “Christian and I just maintained a friendship as he became the lieutenant governor, and then of course we supported him as he became a U.S. Senator and helped save our democracy.”
But supporting a politician’s campaign and casting a politician in your film are two very different things. It’s Bale, Cooper admitted, who thought to involve Fetterman in the project. “Christian said, ‘You know what, John has such a great face that looks like it comes from 1830, why don’t we put him in the film?'” Cooper toldTHR. “And sure enough, he’s in.”
Gisele Barreto Fetterman, the senator-elect’s wife and currentsecond lady of Pennsylvania, was also invited onto the set as an extra.
The political couple’s brief cameo in the film seems to be a small token of the Hollywood insiders’ appreciation for Fetterman’s career. “We’re so thankful,” Cooper toldTHR. “We really love John and we think he’s going to represent the Keystone State with great humility and a lot of passion.”
The Pale Blue Eye.Scott Garfield/Netflix
The Pale Blue Eyefollows Detective Augustus Landor (Bale) and a young Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) as they work to solve a series of murders at the United States Military Academy in 1830.
The crime thriller also starsLucy BoyntonandGillian Anderson.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer.
Cooper wrote and directed the film, which opens in theaters on Friday, Dec. 23, and Bale joined him in helping produce it.The Pale Blue Eyewill be available for streaming on Netflix beginning Friday, Jan. 6.
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