Actor Craig T. Nelson prepares to sing the national anthem before the start of the Green Bay Packers-Chicago Bears game Sunday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. “It’s like a dream come true.

Craig T. Nelson stars as a Packers fan in the movie "Green and Gold." (Childe Productions) Craig T. Nelson grew up in Washington state, but he has a deep association with the Midwest.

In the movie, directed by Anders Lindwall, Craig T. Nelson plays Buck, a farmer in 1990s Wisconsin who, according to the antagonistic banker foreclosing on him, “farms like it’s the 1800s.” ...