Kurt Sutter As Otto Delaney

This week I thought it would be a great idea to make a post about the man behind the creation of Sons of Anarchy. If it weren't for Kurt Sutter, there would be no Sons of Anarchy. For those of you who do not know, Kurt Sutter also portrays Otto Delaney in SOA, and he is married to Katey Sagal (Gemma Teller) in real life. The two have three children together.

Besides portraying Otto, Kurt writes, directs, and produces for Sons of Anarchy. As a young kid he did not do well in school and came from a broken family. After watching lots of television and exploring his imagination he discovered his ability to come up with creative ideas for stories.

Relating to last weeks post, Sutter uses his resources well by having technical advisors such as David LaBrava help out with the show. Along with this Sutter also took some time to interact with an outlaw club in California as research for his writing for Sons of Anarchy. This all proved successful as the show is a hit.

Sons of Anarchy is currently on its fifth season. The show is so successful that FX recently signed a three year deal to continue playing Sons of Anarchy and create other projects with Sutter in the process. Some of his hobbies include playing video games and oddly birds, which probably makes you think of Gemma's bird obsession in the show just like I did. 

Check out my David LaBrava post and Gemma Teller post as well!

Sources:

http://www.fxnetworks.com/soa/crew/

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Gemma Teller-Morrow

As portrayed by Katey Sagal, Gemma is seen as an extremely protective, sometimes stubborn, tough cookie. She is very loyal to her loved ones and will do anything to protect them. Throughout the show we witness how protective Gemma is of Jax, and how that sometimes conflicts with her admiration of Clay as the two loves of her life often don't see eye to eye.
 Gemma's stubbornness got the best of her in season two when a rival gang member constructs a  kidnapping and gang rape of Gemma in order to send a message to Clay. Gemma is in constant strife now because she knows that if she sends this message, Clay will retaliate, but that was what they wanted so she keeps quite about the rape, resulting in several psychological issues for Gemma. Eventually she fesses up to Clay and Jax about the events that took place, and the two worked together to resolve the current issues. Later in season three, Gemma finds herself on the run after being set up for a murder that she didn't commit, due to a by a crooked ATF agent who is constantly out to get the club. Struggling with the fact of being away from her family, Gemma plans to meet with the ATF agent to turn herself in on a bargain deal. Unfortunately things didn't work out well for Gemma as she discovers while being away her grandson was kidnapped. After finding this out, Gemmas heart goes on her and she ends up in a hospital which wasn't the 'deal' the ATF agent agreed upon. Eventually Jax works out a secret deal with the ATF agent and Gemma is eventually a free woman again. Gemma often finds herself in between two choices or situations throughout the show. As a viewer we see how her tough attitude and loyalty to those she loves becomes a strength for her in making decisions, but is also often a weakness for her as others use these attributes to manipulate her. In the end Gemma always pulls through, as she has been in the club for a long time and has thick skin.