Rob Lowe looks like ‘SNL’ version of Drew Peterson

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Drew Peterson (left) and Rob Lowe in character as the former Bolingbrook Police officer.

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Updated: October 16, 2011 12:18AM

People magazine reports it takes nine hours for the makeup and hair wizards to transform Rob Lowe into Drew Peterson for “Untouchable,” the Lifetime movie now shooting in Los Angeles.

All that time and effort, and Lowe essentially looks like Rob Lowe playing Drew Peterson in an “SNL” skit.

And NINE HOURS? Really? So you’re telling us if Lowe arrives on set at 6 a.m., he’s not ready to start playing Peterson until 3 o’clock in the afternoon? I don’t think it took that long to turn Benicio del Toro into the Wolfman.

Here’s Lowe in character in a Bolingbrook Police uniform, and the real Peterson:

Nice upgrade for Drew.

But the filmmakers could have saved about 8œ hours of hair and makeup time if they’d simply hired Tim Allen to play Peterson.

Passenger heroes

Ever wonder what you’d do if someone on your flight started acting up to the point of possibly endangering everyone?

Last Friday, Tim Ahlenius, 29, of Villa Park, was on United Flight 944 from Chicago to Frankfurt.

They made it as far as Cleveland.

“During the boarding process, [one passenger] spent an unusual amount of time in one of the bathrooms in the middle of the plane,” said Ahlenius.

“After about five minutes of the flight attendants knocking on the door, the individual came out.”

After the plane took off, the passenger returned to the bathroom twice, staying for an inordinate amount of time. After the last visit, when a flight attendant approached the passenger and engaged him in conversation, Ahlenius says the passenger shoved the flight attendant.

“This is when [other] passengers took action,” says Ahlenius. “A passenger went up behind the individual and got him into a headlock, and the individual started swinging and kicking. Several other passengers worked together to attempt to restrain the individual. I helped subdue the individual’s legs and we all brought him to the ground.

“Once we had the individual down on the ground, the flight crew handed us nylon rope-type handcuffs to tie his feet together. The individual was thrashing around and yelling profanity and extremely vulgar comments throughout the whole situation. There was a lot of spitting going on as well, and the flight crew provided duct tape, which was used to tape the individual’s mouth shut, to cover up the spitting.”

You gotta love teamwork.

“After we had restrained the individual,” says Ahlenius, “we proceeded to keep him on the ground in-between the lavatories, as he was still thrashing and cussing and yelling.

“The plane was diverted to Cleveland International. We spent about 45-60 minutes restraining the individual until the plane landed. [After the plane landed], Cleveland police came down the aisles and took over restraint of the individual.”

Ahlenius says United eventually flew everyone else back to Chicago.

“United provided vouchers for hotels and food. They also created a special flight so 250 passengers wouldn’t have to deal with trying to find other flights. The following afternoon around 4 p.m., our flight took off.”

Kudos to Ahlenius and his fellow passengers. Whether someone is crazy, drunk or actually intent on hurting others on a plane, there’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s the civilian sitting in Row 4.

And Row 27.

And Row 34.

And just about anywhere else on any given flight.