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Simon Pegg

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References Sci-fi and pop culture in his films and shows

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Graduated from Bristol university in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre, film and television.

Is a huge Star Wars fan and his work often includes references to the Star Wars saga.

In addition to the numerous visual reference to Star Wars (1977) in Shaun of the Dead (2004), his flatmate, Pete, is played by Peter Serafinowicz, the voice of Darth Maul.

He went to Brockworth School in Gloucester and recently opened their new business centre last year

Was offered the lead role of Rorschach in the doomed movie adaptation of the comic book mini-series, The Watchmen. He turned it down because it would become too "Simon Pegg IS Rorschach."

Auditioned for the role of Rufus in Love Actually (2003).

Was the drummer in a band called "God's Third Leg" when he was 16.

He was part of the same comedy troupe as David Walliams, Matt Lucas and Dominik Diamond.

Is godfather of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple.

Was originally slated to play Rose Tyler's father in the first series of "Doctor Who" (2005), but due to a scheduling conflict took the role of The Editor in another episode.

Was offered a role in Dog Soldiers (2002), but turned it down at Edgar Wright's request, as Wright wanted Shaun of the Dead (2004) to be Pegg's first role in a horror movie.

Nick Frost, who co-stars with Pegg in Hot Fuzz (2007), "Spaced" (1999) and Shaun of the Dead (2004), is Pegg's real life best friend. Before they first starred in "Spaced" (1999) together, Frost had no formal training as an actor, but is now a top comedy name in the UK.

He was cast in the role of Benji in Mission: Impossible III (2006) after Ricky Gervais was unable to take the role. 'JJ Abrams', director of the film, is said to be a huge fan of Shaun of the Dead (2004).

Hot Fuzz (2007) was shot in and around the city of Wells, one of the smallest cities in the UK.

Pegg recently revealed that he would like to return to "Spaced" (1999), in the form of a 1 hour special. The one-off show would reveal what became of the main characters. Pegg revealed this in a recent interview with Spaced co-star Bill Bailey.

Lost 2 stone for his role in Hot Fuzz (2007).

When asked by a journalist whether England hadn't become too small for him after the world-wide success of Shaun of the Dead (2004), he replied "It's not like I'm going to be starring in Mission Impossible 3". Six months later, he was cast as Benji in Mission: Impossible III (2006).

He is the Darrick Robertson's "model" for Wee Hughie in The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darrick Robertson.

He is a big fan of Gillian Anderson and "The X Files" (1993).

Attended Stratford-Upon-Avon college, and studied Performance Studies and English.

Along with Alan Dale, Daphne Ashbrook, Guy Siner, Maurice Roëves, Olaf Pooley, Barrie Ingham, John Franklyn-Robbins and Christopher Neame, he is one of only nine actors to have speaking roles in both the "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" franchises. He played the Editor in "Doctor Who: The Long Game (#1.7)" (2005) and Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (2009).

Mother's name is Gillian.

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It was like an awakening. - speaking about seeing Star Wars (1977) for the first time as a child.

"You know what, despite my complaints about Phantom Menace and Episode 2, when Episode 3 comes out I'll be first in line. I genuinely love it."

Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy, what would I do in the event of the end of the world, and we just basically - me and Nick - said what would we do, where would we head?

I always loved horror and that's sort of the reason we decided to make the film. We were nourished on those sorts of films, so it was a labor of love.

Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now

Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.

But I think there's plenty of British comedy that Americans have never seen that they would like but sometimes things just get through.

Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, to give them something which is entirely up to them to enter into the film and find these hidden things and whatever.

As a certain kind of threat, as monsters from the id, they're more affective as aggressive killing machines, but I think the whole point of the zombie as Romero framed it was that it's us. They're like larva. They just keep coming.

Because once the word got out that we were making Shaun of the Dead, we didn't want people to think we were backtracking or changing our minds.

And also, isn't the root of the word zombie from somnambulist, which means sleepwalker. By the very running immediately stops them from being zombies

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.

[shaun of the dead]I wrote Spaced with Jessica Stevenson, who plays Yvonne in the film - who is our savior that comes and gets us at the end.

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack.

In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.

It's the very British thing of reserve and keeping everything shut in, that's what people do with their emotions, shut the curtains on them

I think that the joke and the ghost story both have a similar set up in that you kind of set something up and pay it off with a laugh or a scare.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

I don't know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it.

I just love listening to the laughter

I loved playing Shaun, he's not that different from me

I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

"I once showed a holiday video to my entire family and forgot there was a point where I flashed. I only realized about one second before it happened and couldn't get to the remote in time to stop them all from seeing me pull down my trousers and reveal myself. My sister screamed and my mum said, 'Ooh, that's changed.'"

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