We like Lee Pace. He’s got real leading man chops, as evidenced by his appealing performance in the short-lived “Pushing Daisies,” or as the romantic lead in the sleeper hit “Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day,” but he can also pull off character parts like the the transgendered nightclub performer in the little-seen “Soldier’s Girl,” or his cameo in Tom Ford’s “A Single Man.” But we’d like him to start getting better parts, please.
While the actor has a key supporting role in the upcoming, much-buzzed-about “Ceremony,” alongside Michael Angarano and Uma Thurman, his most recent appearance was as the thankless human foil in the CGI talking-animal train-wreck “Marmaduke,” and now it looks like he’s set to join the actor’s wasteland that is the Twilight franchise for the two-part final installment, “Breaking Dawn.”
According to EW, who confirmed rumors that initially appeared at E! Online, Pace is in negotiations to play Garrett, a nomadic vampire and friend of Edward (Robert Pattinson), who aids the Cullens in their final battle against the Volturi. And I think we deserve some kudos for making it through that sentence with a degree of sincerity.
On the plus side, “Twilight: Eclipse” was apparently the least awful installment so far, and in director Bill Condon, they have a higher calibre of director than the likes of Chris Weitz or David Slade. On the downside, Condon also made the wretched “Dreamgirls,” and, well, it’s a movie where a werewolf falls in love with a baby. Either way, we hope it’ll get Pace enough momentum to get a decent part in something that we’ll actually see, otherwise it’s just an empty paycheck.