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Peter Jackson Cast Lee Pace In The Hobbit Because Of Pushing Daisies Show
Lee Pace revealed that he got his role in The Hobbit trilogy because Peter Jackson liked his work on the TV series Pushing Daisies. The short-lived show, which ran for two seasons after it premiered on ABC in 2007, was created by Hannibal's Bryan Fuller. It follows Ned (Pace), a humble piemaker who has the power to reanimate the dead with a single touch, but if he touches them a second time they die permanently. When he reanimates his former childhood crush Chuck (Anna Friel), their romance develops in spite of the fact that they can never touch while he uses his power to solve a variety of colorful murder mysteries. The show also starred Chi McBride, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, and Swoozie Kurtz, who can now be seen on the Mayim Bialik sitcom Call Me Kat.