Entertainment TV Rob Lowe Transforms to Play Drew Peterson The actor preps for nine hours a day for his Lifetime movie role By Elizabeth Leonard Elizabeth Leonard Elizabeth Leonard is Managing Executive Editor and West Coast Bureau Chief for PEOPLE, where she's worked in leadership positions across the brand's entertainment and human interest verticals for 25 years. People Editorial Guidelines Published on July 8, 2011 02:00PM EDT Photo: Lifetime This isn’t the Rob Lowe you’re used to seeing. There’s nothing pretty about the Parks and Recreation star in his new role as accused wife-killer Drew Peterson in Untouchable, a Lifetime thriller now shooting in Los Angeles. To play the 57-year-old former Illinois police sergeant – jailed since May 2009 on charges he drowned his third wife, Kathleen Savio – the chameleon-esque actor, 47, goes through a nine-hour transformation every day. Even more grueling than all that time spent in hair and makeup? Cleaning up in time to meet Prince William and Kate at Saturday’s charity polo match in Santa Barbara. Rob Lowe and Wife Sheryl Finally Sell Stunning Montecito Mansion for $45.5M