LEVERAGE: Goran Visnjic Goes Evil

TV Guide reports that ER veteran Goran Visnjic has landed the role of Big Bad on TNT’s Leverage when the series returns this winter. He’ll play Damian Moreau, the financier of choice for criminals who Nate Ford & Co. have been chasing throughout season 3.

Best known for his nine-year role as Dr. Luka Kovac on ER, this is an interesting career choice for Visnjic. Honorable, dependable, vulnerable, and smoking hot, Kovac was one of my favorite characters on ER. He filmed The Deep which aired the BBC over the summer (with fellow ER-alum Alex Kingston), playing a marine biologist, and now he’s having a go at a villain role.

Remember when he played Nicole Kidman’s evil boyfriend in Practical Magic? He was creepy and intense, but hot at the same time. You could totally get why Nic’s character was obsessed with him. I wonder if he’ll be playing the Leverage role that way, or if he’ll go with a more debonair kind of evil.

Leverage returns December 12 with a Christmas episode, followed by a two-part season finale on December 19.