And you thought a television series focused on a family of undertakers was weird. HBO is gearing up to bring us the Tom Hanks produced drama Big Love about a polygamist family in Utah. Bill Paxton will play Bill Henrickson, a home-improvement businessman juggling three wives: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevingny and Ginnfer Goodwin. Bill's a Viagra popping fool, getting his daily dose as he works through the batting order each night. The series is said to avoid the sizable ick factor and instead focus on just how their day-to-day lives would work. Though on first glance they appear to be Mormons, the Henrickson family is actually an unlabeled offshoot of the religion. The Mormon Church abandoned the practice of polygamy among its members in 1890.

"In my career, I've pretty much seen it all, but I can honestly say I've never seen anything on a polygamous family," says Tripplehorn. Tripplehorn said this role presented special challenges. "I had a hard time finding a connection as to why a woman would share her husband. I didn't think I was up to the task. I didn't think I could make it real." Big Love should stir up lots of fun controversy when it hits your cable box in March.

Source: Newsweek