“I’m a Monster!” - Lee Pace Reveals His Hilarious Reaction to Remembering Just How Tall He Is
Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures
Lee Pace has made a career out of being gloriously difficult to pin down, whether as gentle piemaker Ned, ambitious tech visionary Joe MacMillan, regal Elvenking Thranduil, or imposing Emperor Brother Day. From the transformation into Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel to the tender Calpernia Addams in Soldier’s Girl, his roles range from whimsical to terrifying, often within arm’s reach of the extraordinary.
However, one signature feature follows Lee Pace through every transformation: his enormous height, which the actor hilariously admits can feel downright monstrous.
Lee Pace knows all too well about his imposing height
At 6 feet 5 inches, Lee Pace has spent years discovering that being exceptionally tall comes with material almost as plentiful as his acting range. The actor has joked about his height in interviews before, from the physical inconveniences of towering over everyday life to the peculiar challenge of making a giant frame look graceful. Clearly, altitude has its drawbacks.
“I don’t even always know it, but then I see a picture, and I’m like, I’m a monster!” Lee Pace said, offering a wonderfully self-aware reaction to his towering stature to Variety and a fact the leading ladies of Practical Magic would agree on. It is hardly the first time the actor has found comedy in his stature. Over the years, Lee Pace has repeatedly offered candid and amusing observations about life at 6 feet 5 inches.
Aside from what he told Variety, his earlier comments have covered everything from regularly knocking his head on things to joking that tall people simply should not dance. His height has even become a source of on-set comedy, with Amy Adams recalling how imposing Lee Pace could look while filming Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. For Lee Pace, apparently, being larger than life is both a professional asset and a daily inconvenience.
While things did not quite work out for Sandra Bullock’s sequel, Lee Pace had the opposite experience, with his towering height often giving his casting prospects an extra boost.
How Lee Pace's height has somehow become an acting tool of his
Lee Pace’s 6-foot-5 frame has become something of an acting instrument, giving filmmakers an instant shortcut to characters who need to dominate a room before uttering a word. As Thranduil in The Hobbit trilogy, his towering elegance helped sell the Elvenking’s otherworldly authority. Foundation turned that same physical scale into Emperor Brother Day’s intimidating command.
Then came Ronan the Accuser in Guardians of the Galaxy, where Lee Pace’s imposing build added another layer of menace beneath the armor and makeup. Yet his height has not always been something to emphasize, as Soldier’s Girl required him to lose 25 pounds and carefully use costume and performance to make Calpernia Addams feel vulnerable. Somehow, 6 feet 5 inches became less a measurement than another acting tool.
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Edited By: Adiba Nizami
