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In this final clip from Lee Pace’s interview on SiriusXM Broadway Names with Julie James we hear Lee talk about the challenging rehearsal timeline for Angels in America, about the exhaustion during and after the performances, what he does when he gets home after the performances (hint: It’s to do with Pete...), and what the nature of his chosen career is. 

“It’s about connection, being able to honestly connect to  character so that the audience can honestly connect with the story.”

Lee also describes what he thinks of the relevancy of Angels in America. He says how he is an optimistic person, so the idea that resonates with him most is “the world only spins forward”, and how “there is a grace inside the play”, a message of “forgiveness”, “retribution and having the courage to face the changes that are required of you.”

In the second clip from Lee Pace’s interview with Julie James on SiriusXM “Broadway Names” Lee talks more on “Angels in America”, about the big ideas in the play, about how complicated a character Joe Pitt is, what helps him get through the tough performances, and what he has in common with Joe Pitt. He also touches on Pushing Daisies. 

“Angels in America” is closing today on Broadway. We thought to mark the day by sharing an interview Lee Pace recently did with Julie James on SiriusXM ‘Broadway Names’. Lee speaks about the importance of the play and what it’s been like for him to have been a big part of it. 

Although not included here, there were two songs played during the interview. The first song was “I Was Here” sung by Kristin Chenoweth, and the second song at the end of the interview was “That’s What Angels Do” by Laura Bell Bundy. We think this line from Kristin’s song captures today’s mood perfectly:

“I wanna do something that matters/Say something different/Something that sets the whole world on its ear/I wanna do something better/With the time I was given/I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life/Leave nothing less than something that says/I was here.”

Lee’s new film ‘Driven’, in which he plays blindly ambitious automotive genius John DeLorean, is currently in post-production. The film, directed by Nick Hamm and written by Colin Bateman, is expected to be released towards the end of 2018. The shoot was interrupted in September after just 5 days of filming by hurricane Maria, which devastated the island. Cast and crew returned to the shoot as after a two-week break and finished the shoot at the beginning of November.

Here are a couple behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot in Puerto Rico. This promises to be an exciting, fun movie:

California. 1977. Playground of the beautiful, rich and famous.

Friendship and betrayal. Ambition and greed. Success and failure.

DRIVEN is a character driven shell-game and comedic wink to the world of power suits, disco and vice.

Table read with director Nick Hamm (with his back to the camera), Corey Stoll, Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace and Michael Cudlitz.

In this final part of the EW Morning Live radio interview Lee Pace speaks about Pushing Daisies and touches on Captain Marvel, confirming that he will be shooting Captain Marvel while still working on Angels in America. 

“We have two days off every week. I will be spending 2 of them on set as an alien.”

Angels closes in mid-July, and Captain Marvel is set to wrap July 3. No wonder Lee is already daydreaming about the next vacation...