I was intrigued to hear that ...
Question: I was intrigued to hear that the creative team behind
Dead Like Me is producing the new
Pushing Daisies. And since Tony Award-winning actress
Kristin Chenoweth is in the cast, I can't be more excited for this show. I find her to be one of the most underrated talents in television and film. Producers are now choosing their actors from the Broadway community (i.e.,
Sara Ramirez) more than ever. Considering Chenoweth's career as a popular character actress in film and television (remember her show
Kristin?), it will be interesting to see how her persona comes through and is challenged by this character.
Answer: As I've been telling everyone, and as I reported again in the last days of the
TCA press tour,
Pushing Daisies is easily my favorite pilot of the new fall crop. Besides Chenoweth, the cast also includes stage vets
Swoozie Kurtz,
Ellen Greene and, as the romantic leads, theater-trained
Lee Pace (who was also seen in
Bryan Fuller's
Wonderfalls) and
Anna Friel (Broadway's
Closer). Chenoweth, who might actually wish you'd forget the misbegotten
Kristin (she was much better than the material in that one), is delightful in this in what for now is very much a supporting part — but everything about the show is touched with magic.
