By CRISTINA KINON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
TNT is promoting its latest action-drama "Leverage" as a tale about modern-day Robin Hoods.
That's a comparison star star Timothy Hutton finds fun but certainly not all-encompassing.
"I'm not sure how far that comparison goes because there are other aspects to it as well," Hutton told the Daily News. "It works as a modern-day Robin Hood theme, but it also has a little 'Ocean's 11' kind of feel to it and some 'Mission Impossible.'"
"Leverage," premiering Dec. 7 at 10, features Hutton as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator who quits his job after his son dies as a result of his company's refusal to cover the medical bills. Depressed, out of work and at the bottom of the bottle, Nate decides to form a team of grifters with individual skills such as stealing, hacking and acting, who work together to steal from the rich and give to the poor.
In the first season, Nate's team will target contractors who scheme victims of Hurricane Katrina out of their homes, a shady horse dealer, an orphanage in Kosovo and a money-laundering scheme related to the Iraq War.
"It's not corporations that the team goes after, it's individuals," said Hutton. "It just so happens that some of these individuals works for bad corporations, but we target corrupt people."
This will be Hutton's second regular TV series role. He previously starred on NBC's "Kidnapped."
Hutton was attracted to the part of Nate because he found it was easy to imagine where the character was coming from and why he's searching for some kind of redemption.
"I don't relate to him on any personal level, but I thought it was really interesting to have this guy who's basically hit rock bottom," Hutton said. "He realizes that if he can make a difference for somebody who was put in a really bad situation, that's the thing that can start to get him back together again."
There's a line in the first season that Hutton says perfectly sums up his character: "Nate, you don't need rehab, you need revenge."
Hutton is keeping his fingers crossed for a second season of "Leverage," but has all the faith in the world that TNT will find the show an audience.
"Cable networks are getting the better scripts these days because people understand how strong they are as a company, as a network," said Hutton. "They chose to work with people and on projects that they believe in, and they know how to bring an audience to those shows. It's so much fun doing 'Leverage,' and TNT is an incredible company to work for."
ckinon@nydailynews.com
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