"Poor Ned!" says Lee Pace, of the romantic piemaker he plays on ABC's fantastical Pushing Daisies (Wednesdays, 8 pm/ET, ABC). You think you have problems with your love life? Ned's current romantic entanglement is a doozy, boasting a very unusual obstacle. Because of his special gift (he can bring things back to life with just a touch, but if he touches them again, they die forever), his one true love, played by Anna Friel, is one big hands-off zone, due to having once been deceased. Can you imagine? Pace tells us how Season 2 will examine Ned's sexual frustration, his dysfunctional families— both literal and figurative— and Chuck's biggest secret of all.
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On Stage 19 of the Warner Bros lot a Pushing Daisies seduction is in bloom Heroine Chuck Anna Friel has just shown up unannounced at the apartment of her pie-baker boyfriend Ned Lee Pace They banter They flirt She mentions wanting to wrap him up in goose-down goodness And then she lets the duvet thats wrapped around her shoulders slide to the floor leaving only a red ribbon in her hair and a sky-high pair of heels on her feet Ned manages to spit out a few words Ive really missed youNo doubt ABC executives are hoping viewers will feel the same After all the series a star-crossed romance between Ned who can bring the dead back to life with a touch but also kill with one more and Chuck the childhood sweetheart he resurrected and can never have physical contact with again hasnt aired since December 2007 Which raises the question Will Daisies a modest hit in Season 1 still be able to cultivate an audience when it returns Wednesday Oct 1 a
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What is Lee Pace's good luck charm as he heads into Sunday's Emmy Awards as a nominee in the Lead Actor/Comedy race? "I brought my sister," the actor told TVGuide.com at Kate Somerville's pre-Emmys "White Tent Event." In fact, Pace saw to it that sib Sally was properly pampered with a facial from Somerville, whose star-studded clientele includes the likes of Kate Walsh and Felicity Huffman. However no such beautifying was on tap for Lee himself (yet). Asked if he might go in for a tweezing, he deferred, "My brows are what I got, so…."Pace then talked up Pushing Daisies' Season 2 opener (airing Oct. 1), in which the killer at large is offing people with… bees. "It's a fun case," he said. "It throws you back to that Daisies style — fun, whimsical and totally romantic."The pie-maker might be a busier baker this season, seeing as several cool guest stars are stopping by. In addition to Fred Willard (as a murdered magician) and David Arquette (as a bud of Ned's, "a misfit ...
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After chatting with The Pie Maker himself, Lee Pace, to find out what's to come with the new season of ABC's whimsical series Pushing Daisies, TVGuide.com discovered the first episode alone will be chuck-full of surprises. Between the aunts stopping by The Pie Hole and Olive heading to a nunnery, Ned really is going to have his hands full with more than just yummy pie fillings. See More Pushing Daisies Cast Q&As:• Anna Friel• Ellen Greene• Chi McBride• Swoosie Kurtz• Field Cate
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Written by guest blogger Katie BottnerChuck and Ned fans, I can hear you breathing a sigh of relief that the Olive/Ned kiss was just a dream sequence. Though for a moment I thought that was real Chuck that tripped and was going to fall on Ned — I got scared for a second there. But alas it was all in Ned’s head as he became conflicted over being able to touch Olive but being in love with Chuck. And lucky for us, poor Emerson got to once again be the soundboard for this dilemma. Kudos go to Olive for coming clean to Chuck about the kiss, which Ned did not mention, but I feel sad for Olive — and my sadness for her deepened throughout this episode.The facts of the case are these: One Harold Hundin (Joel McHale), president of a local kennel and breeder of the perfect dog, Bubblegum, is found dead. As we know, "where there is a reward, there is Emerson Cod," who with Ned and Chuck found out at the morgue that Harold was murdered by his wife. Simple? Not so much — he ha...
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