{"id":17838,"date":"2023-07-13T23:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17838"},"modified":"2023-07-13T23:43:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:43:45","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-with-actors-lee-pace-and-laura-birn-on-foundation-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17838","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview with Actors Lee Pace and Laura Birn on &#8220;Foundation&#8221; Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"drawer\">\n<p data-qa=\"series-info-description\"><strong>Lee Grinner Pace<\/strong>\u00a0is an American actor. He got his recognition for starring as Thranduil\u00a0the Elvenking in &#8220;<strong>The Hobbit<\/strong>&#8221; trilogy and as Joe MacMillan in the AMC\u00a0period drama television series &#8220;<strong>Halt and Catch Fire<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0 He has also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first played in Guardians of the Galaxy and and reprised in Captain Marvel.\u00a0Since 2021, he stars as the galactic emperor Brother Day in the television series &#8220;<strong>Foundation<\/strong>,&#8221; based on the stories of Isaac Asimov.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Laura Birn<\/strong> is a Finnish film actress. She completed her master&#8217;s degree from Helsinki Theatre Academy in 2008.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:0_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0Her\u00a0most notably in her role in the 2005 film &#8220;<strong>Lupaus<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0In the United States, she is best known for her supporting role in the Finnish film, &#8220;<i><strong>Christmas Story<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>and &#8220;<strong>A Walk Among the tombstones<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<i><\/i>In addition to her native Finnish, Birn also speaks or understands English, Swedish, Portuguese, and Spanish. She appears in &#8220;<strong>Foundation<\/strong>&#8221; as Eto Demerzel.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-17839\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Foundation2-630x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Foundation2-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Foundation2-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Foundation2-696x1132.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Foundation2-258x420.jpg 258w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Foundation2.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong> : Based on the award-winning novels by Isaac Asimov, this story chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"bold\" data-qa=\"series-info-cast\">Starring: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"meta-label subtle\" data-qa=\"series-details-network\">TV Network: <\/b><span class=\"info-item-value\">Apple TV+<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc\" class=\"mmt-primary mmt-flight\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-cls2\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-cls1\">\n<div id=\"mmt-biacdsid-f2ic-jitb-kmil-ictoamttthtc-ad\" data-google-query-id=\"CIuIwY2ZjYADFcjrswodFO4L5A\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/20842576,22840745968\/JY303M\/JY303M-DDL.A_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"meta-label subtle\" data-qa=\"series-details-premiere-date-title\">Premiere Date: <\/b><span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"series-details-premiere-date\">Sep 24, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"meta-label subtle\" data-qa=\"series-details-genre-title\">Genre: <\/b><span class=\"info-item-value\" data-qa=\"series-details-genre\">Sci fi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b class=\"meta-label subtle\" data-qa=\"series-details-producers-title\">Executive producers: Robyn Asimov, Davis S. Goyer, Josh Friedman, Cameron Welsh, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, Vitoria Morrow, Leigh Dana Jackson, Russell Rothberg.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro\u2019s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s the trailer of the film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"2t0BGkVQMuQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foundation \u2014 Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV+\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2t0BGkVQMuQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Grinner Pace\u00a0is an American actor. 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