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Article: HE'S SMOOTH, AS SILK PEABODY'S BOBBY HANSON SCORES ROLE IN DISNEY MOVIE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2004
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Former Danvers High hockey player Patrick O'Brien Demsey has a
starring role as Winthrop's Mike Eruzione in the new movie "Miracle,"
Disney's cinematic ode to the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. But Demsey
and Eruzione are not the film's only local connection.
Peabody native Bobby Hanson was tapped for the role of another
Boston University great, Dave Silk. Hanson, who had no prior acting
experience, beat out roughly 4,000 other hockey hopefuls from across
North America for the part. The movie opens tomorrow.
The 26-year-old Hanson went out for the part on a whim, deciding
to join some friends for an open casting call held in Boston in the
fall of 2002. After a few rounds of auditions, ...