Lee Pace weighed in on how both his series and new film , The Running Man and Halt and Catch Fire, imagined 2025 might look like.
The Foundation actor starred as Evan McCone in The Running Man and Joe MacMillan in Halt and Catch Fire.
The Running Man, is a dystopian story about a deadly reality show where a contestant must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins.
The film also stars Glen Powell, McCone is the chief hunter who is tasked to eliminate Ben Richards (Powell).
McCone and the game show’s executive producer, Dan Killian (Josh Brolin), prey on the desperation of innocent people like Richards, all while manipulating their audience through disinformation and deepfake technology to make believe the Network and its hunters only targeted criminals.
"[The Running Man] was Stephen King’s, as Richard Bachman, interpretation of what 2025 might look like when he was writing back in 1981," Pace tells The Hollywood Reporter.
He added, "He was sensitive to a growing hostility in this country, but the good news is we don’t live in a world where The Running Man is possible. I still hope the audience finds it thought-provoking, including what it says about media, power and violence."
He also discussed how both the film and series highlight evolving technology of 1980s and 1990, highlighted how it can be used against people.
The series is set during the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and early 1990. It follows a group of ambitious individuals, including Joe MacMillan, a visionary salesman, as they try to create a ground breaking computer to challenge industry giants like IBM.
"I don’t think Joe McMillan ever retires. I can’t imagine what he would do with his time if he wasn’t looking forward and trying to see which way the wind blows," Pace says.
The Running Man was released on November 12, meanwhile, meanwhile, Halt and Catch Fire ran from 2014 to 2017.
