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Oscar-winning actress Linda Hunt will help LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell fight crime on the upcoming CBS drama “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
Hunt will tackle the role of a department manager who acquires crime-busting gadgetry for O’Donnell and Cool J’s team of undercover agents, says the Associated Press. The highly anticipated “NCIS” spin-off premieres this fall on CBS.
Hunt won an Academy Award for her performance in ‘The Year of Living Dangerously,’ and has appeared on TV shows such as “The Practice” and “Without a Trace.”
A great team needs a great leader. And given that OG NCIS had it’s great leader with Gibbs, NCIS LA would also need a great leader. And who better then to be that leader then a tiny woman who is much tougher then she looks?
In June of 2009, This show made the decision that would help bring it the popularity that it got over the years! Linda had just the right amount of toughness and sweetness to be Hetty, and as a result, everything felt the way it was supposed to feel. Excellent teamwork, solid writing, amazing acting, and a growing worldwide fanbase that would stick with it throughout it’s run and give it the longevity that it got.
NCIS LA’s great leader was, and will always be Hetty. No replacements!
