It seems that the casting director for Pushing Daisies got a lot of inspiration - and cast members - from Broadway.
Among the cast are Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, who is currently appearing in the City Center Encores! presentation of Stairway to Paradise; Little Shop of Horrors’ Ellen Greene; Tony Award winner Swoosie Kurtz; Closer’s Anna Friel; “Boston Public” actor Chi McBride; and Lee Pace, who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as a transsexual in “Soldier’s Girl.”
The fantasy crime drama, Variety says, “revolves around a man [Pace] who discovers he can resurrect dead people with the touch of his hand — but that if he touches them again, they once again leave this mortal coil.”
About the series, Chenoweth recently told Playbill.com, “[Lee Pace is] a talented individual. He plays a guy who can bring people back from the dead. Now it sounds hokey, sounds like, ‘Oh we’ve seen that before.’ But the trick is this: He can touch people — that’s how he brings them back, but he has 60 seconds to decide. If he touches them again before 60 seconds, they go back to being dead. If he leaves it, they live, but somebody else drops dead. It’s very complicated. But Bryan Fuller is the writer, and Barry Sonnenfeld directed it. You know, I read the script and, again, I’m pretty picky. It’s gotta be something really interesting for me to [accept a role] — whether it goes or succeeds is besides the point. It really has to speak to me. There’s a love triangle, and I play one of the girls. It’s a great cast.”
I love Kristin, right back from being a fan of Wicked, so I am happy to see she is in this show. The premise of this show is pretty interesting too, hopefully it works well on film too!
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