Lewis Pullman shared the guidance he received from his famous dad, Bill Pullman, about working in showbiz.
Lewis, 32, exclusively told Us Weekly at The Testament of Ann Lee premiere on December 14 in Hollywood that his father, 72, takes a more narrative-led approach to imparting wisdom.
“I get so much great and valuable advice from my dad. He doesn’t give me straight up advice. He sort of leads by example and through storytelling,” Lewis told Us. “He doesn’t want to stand in the way of me finding a path that is my own, and very conscious of the fact that we’re different people with different tendencies and how we grow is different. I don’t know how I’d be able to do anything without him. I love him so much.”
Lewis is the youngest son of the Independence Day actor and dancer Tamara Hurwitz. Bill and Hurwitz, 55, also share daughter Maesa, 37, and son Jack, 36, who both also work in creative fields.
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Lewis is slated to star alongside Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Abbott, Viola Prettejohn, Tim Blake Nelson, Matthew Beard and more in the historical musical drama, The Testament of Ann Lee from director Mona Fastvold.
Fastvold, 44, is known for cowriting the Oscar-winning film The Brutalist and directing The World to Come and The Sleepwalker.
Lewis opened up about working with the highly accomplished Seyfried, 40, on the film.
“I think that her capability to immerse herself in every scene, and then come out of it and be a mother and be a leader and laugh was baffling,” Lewis told Us. “I don’t know how she was able to juggle that and deliver the performance that she did. I mean, she is phenomenal in this.”
Lewis told Us that “everything” surprised him when it came to working with the award-winning actress.
“You learn something new about her every day. She’s very unpredictable,” Lewis said. “She doesn’t second-guess her truth and her opinion. And there’s something so encouraging and beautiful about that. And I think that in many ways, that’s very true to who Ann Lee was. And she was going against all odds. She was starting a movement that everyone thought she was either the Second Coming or she was a witch and so Amanda was able to elegantly carve that character out so beautifully.”
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The Testament of Ann Lee will hit limited theaters in the U.S. on Thursday, December 25.
Seyfried recently opened up to Us about how playing the titular character pushed her beyond acting.
“This changed my life as a musician as well, not as an actor, but as a musician,” she told Us at the premiere on December 14. “It’s completely revolutionized how I relate to music and myself. You’re not gonna believe the fact that you’re gonna get these shaker hymns stuck in your head and you’re gonna want to hear them again and again.”
The Mamma Mia actress also had another movie come out this month, The Housemaid, starring Sydney Sweeney and Brandon Sklenar, which hit theaters on Friday, December 19.
Of the two films, Seyfried noted that “they couldn’t be more different.”
