CC Jon Abel is in the film “State of Play”

Jon Abel, actor and CC

Movie-goers will easily recognize Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck playing leading roles in the new Hollywood flick “State of Play.”  But look real close and you just might recognize Lucas Chapter member and former Marine CC Jonathan Abel.

Abel, a professional actor, does his latest stint as an “extra” in the two-hour film which opened in theaters nationwide on April 17. 

“I have several background appearances,” Abel said, “but I’m way back in the background.” One scene is in a cafeteria, another on a porch and there are several other sequences during the two-hour film. 

“State of Play,” filmed last year in Washington , D.C. and environs, depicts politics, journalism and crime as practiced in the nation’s capital.   Previously Abel appeared in the Mount Vernon scene of “National Treasure 2“. He said a few words on film and consequently received a brief credit at the end of the flick.

– Don Knight