Rossif Sutherland called the idea of casting someone to play his dad on Murder in a Small Town "tricky" after wishing his father, Donald Sutherland, got the chance before his death. "I always have the beautiful reality of being able to think of my own dad as the person who would play my dad," Rossif, 47, who plays Karl, exclusively told Us Weekly about who he would have cast on the Fox show. "He has [played my dad on screen] in the past - and he probably would have loved to do this." Rossif doesn't have anyone specific in mind now. "I have no idea.