Lukas Gage is stepping into politics.
Not likely, however he’s taking part in on aspiring politician on TV.
The actor is starring in Hulu’s upcoming “Prison Break” as a politician working for the primary time for Congress. He tells me he ready for the position by primarily finding out former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin.
“I’ve watched Joe Manchin, who was running for Congress in West Virginia forever,” Gage informed me on the premiere of his new film, “Voicemails for Isabelle,” on Tuesday at Netflix’s Tudum Theater in Hollywood. “He’s been like the template of who I’ve been watching, but a lot of people that I admire, like Obama — not as much Spencer Pratt — more Obama vibes.”
As Variety previously reported, the lead solid additionally consists of Emily Browning and Drake Rodger. The pilot is about in the identical world as the unique “Prison Break,” which aired on Fox from 2005-2009, however will inform a brand new story with new characters.
Elgin James is writing and govt producing the reboot pilot, with Daybreak Olmstead, “Prison Break” creator Paul Scheuring, Marty Adelstein and Neal Moritz additionally govt producing.
“It’s gritty and it’s dark and it’s scary,” Gage mentioned, including, “We definitely pay homage to the old series, but it’s a very new take on it, and Elgin has such a personal connection to the story and a personal take on it that is very different. So it’s a right balance of not trying to recreate the magic of what was the original show, but it’s on Hulu, too. It’s not Fox, so we can get really gritty on this one.”
In “Voicemails to Isabelle,” Zoey Deutch stars as a culinary college scholar who faces her sister’s dying by leaving her voicemail messages about her each day life when she begins falling in love along with her seemingly too-good-to-be-true boyfriend (Nick Robinson). Gage performs a fellow scholar with a neck tattoo, pompadour and mustache. “The pompadour was really important to me,” Gage mentioned. “That’s all my hair. That’s my hair on my head, but not on my face [because] I can’t grow a mustache.”
