By Kandi Carper ‘05 If a movie about your life was being made, who would you want to play you? For most of us, that’s just a fantasy, but for two Eastern alums it’s become a reality. “A-list” actors are being considered to play Pete Peterson ’74 and Jack Sheehan ’73, in the upcoming movie, Hayden Lake. Peterson said that “someone crazy like Sean Penn” should play his role, but since the movie takes place when Peterson and Sheehan are in their teens and twenties, his first choice would be Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings). When Sheehan was asked who he’d prefer to play him he laughed, “Brad Pitt, of course.” But since Pitt isn’t the right age, he’d choose Adam Brody. “He looks sort of like me at that age – an introspective type, an observer, someone who’s watching what’s going on around him.” Hayden Lake tells the story of Peterson and Sheehan’s lifelong friendship and recounts a boating accident that changed Peterson’s life forever. Sheehan, a best-selling author who lives in Las Vegas, wrote the screenplay for the movie. Filming is scheduled to begin later this year, with a projected release date of 2012, or early 2013. Location shots will take place next year, as weather permits, at Hayden Lake, just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Left to right: Pete Peterson and Jack Sheehan at their first birthday party in 1950, with sisters Susan Sheehan and Terry Peterson. 18 EASTERN Photo courtesy Mike Hays previous page next page