'Touching Evil' cop is the Willis type

0 Comments | USA TODAY, March, 2004 | by Bill Keveney

Touching Evil 's David Creegan is a tough cop with a quirky side -- a Bruce Willis-type character.

So Willis' involvement with Evil isn't a surprise; what's surprising is that he's the executive producer -- and not starring as Creegan. The role might have fit him better if he were a few years younger, he says.

Instead, Willis and his production partner, Arnold Rifkin, are counting on Jeffrey Donovan ( Sam and Joe , Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 ) to carry the cop-with-an-attitude banner in Evil , their adaptation of a popular British series. The USA Network drama premieres tonight at 9 ET/PT with a two-hour episode directed by Allen Hughes ( Menace 2 Society ), and moves to the 10 p.m. ET/PT slot March 19.

"Before there was Bruce Willis, there were other...