1 of 3 | Titus Welliver (L) and J.K. Simmons star in "Westies," airing Sundays. Photo courtesy of MGM+
NEW YORK, July 26 (UPI) -- Lost, Sons of Anarchy and Bosch alum Titus Welliver says Glenn Keenan, the New York cop he plays in the new period drama, Westies, is caught between a rock and hard place as the FBI and the Irish mob both try to use him for their own purposes.
"He's just a very juicy character because he's neither good nor bad. I would never stigmatize a character by making them either/or, but you find a character who is lost, who's completely trying to navigate life without a compass that he once had, but he's living in this arrested state of development," Welliver, 64, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"It's almost like he's waiting for his life really to end, because his existence is kind of a nonexistence," he explained. "Then he's suddenly pulled and thrust into this Gambino squad that he does not want any part of and, yet, he doesn't have a choice. So, it's fun stuff to play."
The series, which is set in the Manhattan neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen in the 1980s, airs new episodes on MGM+ Sundays.
