Lee Pace understands the brilliance of Edgar Wright: “He knows exactly what he’s doing” [EXCLUSIVE]
The Running Man is coming up fast and The Mary Sue got to ask Lee Pace about his role in the new movie. Rachel Leishman spoke to the actor for the junket. He told us how brilliant Edgar Wright was during our chat and so much more. (By the way check out our interview with Glen Powell as well for more goodness from The Running Man.) Even though this is a Stephen King adaptation, there’s so much of Wright’s cinematic DNA coursing through each frame of this movie. The McCone actor is in complete agreement with us on that fact.
“Edgar Wright is such a singular director and he sets a tone for the film, he knows exactly what he’s doing,” the star recalled. “The first conversation I had with him was exactly the same as this script that’s in the movie I saw last week. He did that. He did what he set out to do and he created a tone and the experience he wants the audience to have on this like, wild, relentless ride.”
The proof is in the pudding as the first reactions for The Running Man are enamored with both Wright’s direction and the characters in this contrast-heavy world. When it comes to a stylish, quick action movie, there’s few names that jump to mind quicker than this particular filmmaker. All the kudos are deserved right now.
Lee Pace talks to us about The Running Man
This isn’t the first time we’ve talked to Pace about his part in The Running Man. In a previous conversation, the actor mentioned that his character, McCone Feels like a pastiche of the mainstream machismo that runs in a lot of competition series. This dude is a showman, and understanding that fact helped Pace really get into the role for The Running Man.
“You have to really think about it. I mean that’s definitely a part of what McCone is trying to do,” Pace mentioned. “He’s serious. He’s really hunting these people down and killing them. It’s not a guarantee. I mean he’s, I think, the real deal. But he’s also performing because he’s got to kill them in these spectacular ways to draw the audience.”
Pace continued, “So the way he presents is, I think about it as a performative masculinity in a way. He shows his gun. Killers don’t show their guns. You know what I mean? He makes an entrance because he knows the cameras are on him. That’s what he’s doing, he’s like the star of the show. The runners are expendable. Like they’re the meat. He’s the one they’re tuning in to see. And I think there’s something really fun about playing the surreal reality of that.”
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