Perhaps unknown to many fans of the show, Lawrence O'Donnell, who appears in a recurring capacity on HBO's Big Love as the family attorney, is actually a political analyst who has had very strong views on certain things.  The producer of The West Wing recently said unsuccessful Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's downfall wasn't due to his Mormon faith.  O'Donnell plays a Mormon lawyer on Big Love, a drama about a fundamentalist Mormon family who practices polygamy.

“It was much more do to with his wealth and his flip-flopping,” clarified O'Donnell.  “Romney is like Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Liberals who turned conservative to further their political careers.”

O'Donnell, 52, is notorious for saying controversial statements of particularly political nature.  In 2004, he shouted “liar” over and over again during a segment on MSNBC while Vietnam veteran John O'Neil was talking.

On Big Love, O'Donnell said fans of the show set in Utah may not be clear if his character, Lee Hatcher, is living the principle of polygamy, which is quite central to the storyline.

“Actually, we shot a scene whereby my three wives walk in and I have to kiss them all,” O'Donnell said.  “So I did my first on-screen kiss ever and it was so awful that they cut it.  I do hope the wives come back though.”

The former Massachusetts governor lost the Republican nomination to former Arizona senator John McCain following the results of the 2008 Super Tuesday primaries, where he lost by 21 points (he did lead in California, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Utah).

Big Love, which returns for its third season in January 2009, stars Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Amanda Sigfried.  Its second season was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Drama Series in 2007, while Paxton was in contention for Best Actor in a Television Drama.


-Glenn L. Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Boston Herald
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