The noted tall man (he’s 6'5''!)
is about to add another genre role to his roster with Apple TV+’s Foundation.
Lee Pace’s childhood was shaped by sci-fi and fantasy.
Lee Pace in ‘Pushing Daisies,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ and ‘Foundation’.Danny Feld/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images; Everett Collection; Helen Sloan/Apple TV +
He remembers reading Silver Surfer and X-Men comics as a kid, while his dad introduced him to theJ.R.R.
“I enjoy the people that fantasy attracts, and the way that they think,” he says.
“I have a good time in this world.”
Lee Pace as Aaron in ‘Wonderfalls’.Everett Collection
We’re going to animate it,'" Pace recalls.
“I love that show.
It has a sense of charm and camaraderie to it.”
Anna Friel and Lee Pace in ‘Pushing Daisies’.ADAM TAYLOR/ABC
Anna Friel,Kristin Chenoweth, Fuller, and everyone.
“Fingers crossed,” Pace remarks.
There’s a kind of alchemy about that group of actors.
Lee Pace as Garrett in ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 2’.Summit Entertainment
We had such a great time working together."
If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
“What an insane, wild world to have been a part of,” Pace remarks.
Lee Pace as Thranduill in ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’.Everett Collection
“I wish I could articulate the moment of being inTwilightfor that brief time.”
“I’m used to a [theater] with 400 people.
AtAngels in America, we had 1,400 [people], which is a lot.
Lee Pace as Brother Day in ‘Foundation’.Apple TV +
The audienceTwilightcommanded, I was like, ‘Jesus!'”
TheHobbittrilogy (2012-2014)
Joining the cinematic universe of Middle-earth was an entirely different experience thanTwilight.
This was something living in Pace’s heart since childhood.
“To pack my bags and head to New Zealand to work, I lost my mind.”
It took about a month of wig and wardrobe fittings to complete the transformation.
“Cleon has figured out a way to cheat death.
That’s the story,” Pace says.
Like the novel, the series is a story told over a timeline of 1,000 years.
Pace acknowledges the “big idea” that Goyer, as Asimov once did, is pursuing.
“It’s difficult to distill down.
It’s about life, it’s about survival, it’s about.
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