ABC gets Lowe down
Thesp joins Alphabet's 'Brothers'
More Articles:
Most Viewed:
Oprah gets steamy with HBO(6334 views)Weitz digs 'Gardener'(3563 views)Brothers(3504 views)ABC adopts 'Find My Family' show(3169 views)Joshua Jackson's captain of 'UFO'(2561 views)'New Moon' shines at box office(2495 views) |
Role -- a Republican U.S. senator from California running for re-election in the midst of a nasty divorce -- was written specifically for Lowe by exec producer Jon Robin Baitz, who penned an episode of "The West Wing" while Lowe was still a part of that skein. Scribe said that as production on "Brothers & Sisters" has progressed, the producers began looking for ways to broaden Calista Flockhart's character on the show.
Lowe's senator will be a John McCain-type Republican. He'll meet Flockhart's Kitty character via the latter's TV gabfest. A romantic relationship will ensue.
"He brings a maturity to the role on a show that's about people who are no longer kids," Baitz said. Lowe is signed on for only six episodes, but Baitz is hoping he'll end up staying full-time.
Thesp's recent credits include "Thank You for Smoking" and the upcoming "Stir of Echoes: The Dead Speak."
