ANNA FRIEL and Lee Pace know their partners adore their new show Pushing Daisies - because there’s no touchy-Friel-y.
The sexy co-stars admit this is one romantic comedy they don’t have to reassure their jealous beloveds about.
The Golden Globe-nominated show, which comes to ITV1 soon, is a fantasy love story about a young man, Ned (Lee), who has an extraordinary talent – he can bring the dead back to life with just one touch.
Ned’s childhood sweetheart Chuck (Anna) has been murdered, so of course he uses his gift to resurrect her. However, if he touches her again, she dies, and cannot be revived.
Anna Friel told us: “I liked the idea of playing a character that was absolutely fearless, she’s had a chance to look at life for a second time and she looks at life with big wide eyes and true joy, every single minute – and she completely loves Ned, totally and utterly in love. It’s a good old romantic story.â€
And in this modern fairy-tale – anything can happen!
“It’s not like on Brookside and you’re like, ‘So who’s she kissing this week then?’ The imagination can run wild, they come up with the most genius things.â€
But as Lee points out, of course, Anna isn’t kissing anybody for once…
‘Longing for sex’
Anna explained: “It’s the perfect role for any jealous girlfriend or boyfriend – they’ve got nothing to worry about! ‘Ok, you’re going to work today, but you’re not going to be touching, are you? Shame!’â€
“It’s a mad, visual fairy-tale world, it’s driven strongly by a love story. Chuck and Ned just long to be together, and long to be able to have sex but they’re never going to be able to.â€
Sounds as if even the camera crew are getting sexually frustrated – Anna and Lee are convinced they are homing in on their co-star Chynna Webb’s enormous boobs in every episode.
Anna laughed: “She’s got great breasts, you’ll notice that - every episode seems to be geared towards her breasts. We think her top gets lower ever time!â€
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