Anna Friel’s “outgoing” personality helps her Pushing Daisies co-star Lee Pace be more sociable, he says.

“I’m shy, but Anna is very gregarious and outgoing,” Lee told People magazine. “She’s good at getting me out of my house. My weekend is staying at home and going on hikes with my dog.”

In fact, Lee, who plays Ned in the hit series, prefers nights in with his friends rather than hitting the Los Angeles club scene, and even celebrated his recent Emmy nomination for Best Actor in low key fashion.

“I have friends over for games so we raised a glass,” he said. “Our favourite game is Mafia but we also play running charades. Better than going to some horrible club.”

Pushing Daisies returns to US network ABC in October after its first season was cut short by the writer’s strike.

“We’d only shot nine episodes when we ran out of scripts,” said Lee. “But oddly enough, the first day back we had the exact same crew that we had when we left - and it was kind of like we had left on a Friday night and came back on a Monday morning.”

Source: thisisscunthorpe.co.uk