Sonny on the Silver Screen

Okay, so he's no Schwarzenegger.  Or even Ventura. But Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has landed a role in a major film production. The governor ...

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Okay, so he's no Schwarzenegger.  Or even Ventura.

But Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has landed a role in a major film production.

The governor played the role of an East Carolina football coach whose team played Marshall University just a few hours before the 1970 plane crash that claimed the lives of 75 Marshall football players, coaches, staff and other team supporters.

Next up for Perdue: A road-trip buddy comedy with Kenny Guinn.

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Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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