USA Weekend
By Jennifer Goodwin
September 21-23, 2007
 
Our critics' top picks for "Most Likely to Be Breakout Stars" teamed up for an exclusive USA WEEKEND photo shoot
Bret Harrison of CW's "Reaper," Zachary Levi of NBC's "Chuck" and Lee Pace of ABC's "Pushing Daisies" had no trouble getting comfortable with each other during our cover shoot last month.
As the guys gathered around a card table prop, they immediately began playing a real game of poker while mugging for the camera and chugging the apple juice that stood in for scotch at the clean-and-sober photo session.
The three share a boundless energy for their work as well as some surprising connections. Harrison and Levi have been friends for a while; Pace and Harrison share a manager; and Pace and Levi are neighbors on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif., where their shows shoot on side-by-side soundstages. "I'll swing by on my Schwinn!" Levi promises.
The actors' happy energy seems to come from good old-fashioned job satisfaction.
"'Reaper' is maybe the most fun show I've ever worked on," says TV vet Harrison, who shoots the series in Vancouver, British Columbia, alongside other young actors. Pace, who worked primarily in film before coming to TV for "Daisies," agrees: "Every week there is going to be a new guest star and a new cool thing to do!" And "Chuck's" Levi, who topped our critics' list, enthuses: "I'm amped every day. I come to work, and I am so freaking excited. We shot until 6 in the morning last night, and I could have done another two hours."
If our cover boys are lucky, TV audiences will respond to "Reaper," "Pushing Daisies" and "Chuck" with the same amount of infectious enthusiasm.
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