Area Native Aidan Quinn Talks About New Film ‘A Shine of Rainbows’

Area Native Aidan Quinn Talks About New Film ‘A Shine of Rainbows’
Area Native Aidan Quinn Talks About New Film ‘A Shine of Rainbows’

Area Native Aidan Quinn Talks About New Film ‘A Shine of Rainbows’

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For more than 25 years now, Chicago native Aidan Quinn has been a special kind of Hollywood actor – he’s both ubiquitous and obscure at the same time. Quinn’s breakout roles came in the mid-’80s – in the films Reckless and Desperately Seeking Susan. And although he’s never achieved star status, he certainly didn’t sink into character-actor purgatory. Instead he’s plugged away – making about a film a year since his start. And lately he’s been popping up more and more on TV. Quinn recently stopped by to talk about his career and his new film, A Shine of Rainbows. In it he plays a bit of a grump – a brooding Irish man named Alec. When asked what drew him to this character and this production, Quinn says the choice was pretty simple. A Shine of Rainbows opens in theaters throughout Chicago tomorrow.