Lionel Boyce Blasts Off With ‘Project Hail Mary’

“It’s a breath of fresh air,” says Lionel Boyce from a green room in Midtown Manhattan a few days ahead of the release of his new blockbuster movie. The actor has been in the spotlight for years thanks to his Emmy-nominated turn as Marcus in “The Bear,” but he’s now on the promotion trail for one of the year’s most anticipated movies, “Project Hail Mary,” and it’s giving him a moment to reflect on his path so far. “I’ve had such an interesting career to me, where it started off in a place where I was making things that five people were watching, so you don’t really talk about it,” Boyce says. “And then this show happens, ‘The Bear,’ and then you’re talking about that, and it’s been a few years. So it’s cool to talk about something else that you love, that’s completely different from the other two things.” In “Project Hail Mary,” Boyce stars alongside Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller and Ken Leung as security guard Officer Carl. Initially the role was quite small, but when Boyce learned from his team who was involved in the movie he was immediately interested, no matter the scale of the role.  “I was like, ‘I’m

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