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  Simon Pegg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon John Pegg (born February 14, 1970) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and film and television actor.
Pegg was born in Gloucester and studied drama at the University of Bristol.
Pegg co-wrote (with Spaced director Edgar Wright) and starred in the "romantic zombie comedy" (rom-zom-com) film Shaun of the Dead, released in April 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Pegg   (641 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Simon Pegg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Simon: He wasn't an actor, but having met him in this restaurant where a friend of mine was working, it just struck me that it was wrong that he wasn't being shown to the world.
Edgar wanted Simon to laugh quite naturally, so every now and again on the set, he whispers something to you and you have to follow his orders and it was do something different every time.
Simon: If the audience thought for a second, "Oh my god, she looks really angry." It's not as funny as the fact that they just think she's a drunk girl, so we changed it to drunk just in case.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Simon-Pegg   (3023 words)

  
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Simon Pegg : Tim's beard is a very important aspect of Tim as much as Mike's moustache is of him and Brian's lower beard is of him.
Simon Pegg : Yes - we always wanted to make it a show that was verbal and visual in equal parts and Edgar Wright the director was someone we knew who could do that.
Simon Pegg : The thing about Colin is that he does all his own stunts but in real life she is female and her name is Ada.
www.channel4.com /community/showcards/S/Spaced_-_Mike_and_Tim.html   (1748 words)

  
 Simon Pegg Interview
Pegg established himself as a star of the small screen with Spaced, the cult C4 sitcom whose fans must have been up in arms that it did not make the Top Ten in the BBC's recent comedy poll.
Pegg admits his fascination with them borders on obsession.
Pegg has been bitten by the film-making bug although admits he was unprepared for how difficult it all would be ("it was like going from Junior School to University"), and while he's not ruling out a final series of Spaced, he seems certain that his future lies on the big screen.
www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/interviews/simon_pegg.html   (746 words)

  
 BBC - Comedy - Simon Pegg Profile
Educated at Bristol University, Simon Pegg started out as a stand-up comedian before making the move to television and film.
Pegg also co-starred in Big Train, a surreal and ingenious sketch show (from the creators of Father Ted) which boosted his profile further.
Pegg is also penning a a sitcom about a pub quiz team for Channel 4 called La Triviata with Nick Frost, his real-life best friend who played the gun-toting, T.A-obsessed Mike in Spaced.
www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/profiles/simon_pegg.shtml   (295 words)

  
 Simon Pegg News
Simon Pegg and Nick Forst, the duo from Shaun of the Dead, are back and they're getting in shape for their new movie, Hot Fuzz.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg M:I-3 is the latest outing in what was widely thought to be a dying franchise.
By Matt Melvin on 3.23.06 Hot Fuzz is the newest movie from the Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, two of the main guys behind Shaun of the Dead.
www.topix.net /who/simon-pegg   (561 words)

  
 September 2004 | blackfilm.com | features | interview | Simon Pegg
The star of the film is British actor Simon Pegg and he recently spoke to flfilm.com in regards to the film and the comedy aspects of it.
PEGG: I think there's definitely a love story there, you know, I think there's a kind of inter-romance of sorts, because they are sort of inseparable, and I don't think it would probably ever physically manifest itself, you know, because they're too uptight.
PEGG: In some respects, yeah, I mean I love 'Dawn of the Dead,' the original [George] Romero 'Dawn of the Dead.' I love the fact that he managed to create these monsters who at turns sympathetic, tragic, terrifying, and also wanting to shock all the time, you know, it's hilarious.
www.blackfilm.com /20040917/features/simonpegg.shtml   (1696 words)

  
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Simon Pegg : The monkey that was on tonight was a complete improvisation because we were embarrassed by the punchline 'titz'.
Simon Pegg : The writing process was so kind of collaborative, it's hard to remember who wrote what bit really.
Simon Pegg : They were very keen for something that was uncompromising and different, but the show isn't about drugs, it's just sometimes a part of people's lives.
www.channel4.com /community/showcards/S/Spaced_-_Daisy_and_Tim.html   (1263 words)

  
 Shaun of the Dead (2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Shaun (Pegg) is your stereotypical sit-com loser: An ineffectual slob in a dead-end job, he is terminally afraid of commitment and spends all his time with his flat-mate Ed (Nick Frost, also from Spaced) who is an even bigger loser.
Pegg has perfected this in his writing but he is also a surprisingly good actor.
Pegg is also careful to ensure that his film can stand up on its own - there is barely a minute goes by without a very good joke and despite the light-heartedness, there are some satisfyingly scary moments and ample gore.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0365748   (1001 words)

  
 Spaced Out - About Spaced - Biogs - Cast
Simon also starred in Hippies for BBC2, as well as guesting on the first series of Charlie Higson's Randall and Hopkirk, Deceased, starring Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Simon has been twice nominated for GQ's 'Comedian Of The Year' and 'Best Newcomer' at the ITV Comedy Awards.
Simon (along with Nick Frost) also recently stood in for Zoe Ball on her weekend show on XFM.
www.spaced-out.org.uk /about-spaced/biogs/cast/tim.shtml   (690 words)

  
 Life, Romance, Pubs, and Zombies, actor/co-writer Simon Pegg takes a bite out of :: FEARSMAG.COM :: THE BEST IN SCIFI, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Simon Pegg: I think that the joke and the ghost story have a similar setup in that it’s a similar kind of setup, but has the payoff of a laugh and the other a scare.
Simon Pegg: Yes, and we’ve already had our faces cast by Greg Nicotero of KNB effects in L.A., who is also a huge fan of the film.
Simon Pegg: I’ve been surprised by the amount of people here in the States that have seen the show, and have come up to me and told me they loved “Spaced.” This is a show that really hasn’t been seen here.
www.fearsmag.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=106   (3298 words)

  
 Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright | Interviews | SCI FI Weekly
Director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg are famous in the United Kingdom for their cult science-fiction TV series, Spaced, which ran for two seasons.
Together, Wright and Pegg have co-written a "zombie romantic comedy" called Shaun of the Dead (scheduled for release in the United States on Sept. 24), directed by Wright and starring Pegg as Shaun.
Pegg: We just always thought, "Let's try to keep the humor in the situation rather than have comedy zombies—let's try to balance the two genres" and come up with something that was concurrently funny and scary.
www.scifi.com /sfw/interviews/sfw11469.html   (2042 words)

  
 Cinema Confidential News: 09/21/04 - INTERVIEW: Simon Pegg on "Shaun of the Dead"
Director Edgar Wright and star Simon Pegg bring their wacky comic styles to their very successful zombie import, "Shaun of the Dead." A romance, horror, comedy, spoof all in one, the film takes us back to George Romero's classic zombie films and puts a new twist in the genre.
Actor Simon Pegg plays the lead role of Shaun, a washed out appliance salesman who finds his world around him crumbling apart: his girlfriend wants to dump him, his friends are crazy, he hates his stepdad, and he absolutely hates his job.
SIMON: 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.
www.cinecon.com /news.php?id=0409211   (2014 words)

  
 Simon Pegg Movies & News
Simon Pegg joins Three Bad Men : Simon Pegg, who is better known as Shaun from "Shaun of Dead", will be joining the cast of the "Three Bad Men".
Simon Pegg talks Land of the Dead : As we all know, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead") had Zombie Cameos in George Romero's new Zombie movie "Land Of the Dead".
Pegg, Frost, and Wright Interviewed on Shaun of the Dead : Comingsoon.net had the chance to sit down with some of the guys from Shaun of the Dead.
www.moviesonline.ca /celeb-Simon-Pegg.htm   (2225 words)

  
 Simon Pegg
In addition to an important role in the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel, he'll also be appearing in Simon Pegg's "Hot Fuzz" and the animated adventure "Flushed Away." In preparation for the "Pirates" push, Mr.
As on the earlier movie, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright have written the original screenplay, with Wright directing and Pegg and Nick Frost starring.
Pegg leads a stellar British cast including Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead"), Jim Broadbent ("Moulin Rouge"), Timothy Dalton ("The Living Daylights"), Steve Coogan ("Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story") and Martin Freeman ("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy").
www.rottentomatoes.com /p/simon_pegg/news.php   (2167 words)

  
 Fametastic » Simon Pegg: Tom Cruise defied preconceptions
Simon Pegg was rather taken with Tom Cruise when they worked together on Mission Impossible III recently.
Simon plays a techie in the film, helping out Tom Cruise’s hero.
Simon Pegg met with the man, so I listen at him instead of those hidding behind a computer to repeat or invent false allegations.
fametastic.co.uk /archive/20060315/683/simon-pegg-tom-cruise-defied-preconceptions   (341 words)

  
 CHUD.com - Cinematic Happenings Under Development
Pegg: Yeah, but in a way one of the jokes of Spaced — maybe THE joke of Spaced — is that it was a television program and it was shot like a movie and it had movie references in it, but it was a very big thing happening in a very small world.
Pegg: It had to be rewritten because it wasn’t good enough and Edgar, the director, looked at the script and said, “You can do better than this.” So Jessica and I wrote episode 5, which turned out to be the best episode of both series, I think.
Pegg: But when you went in it was like glaciers and a massive world inside this park, and he was the gamekeeper.
chud.com /interviews/1109   (3154 words)

  
 UGO.com DVD - Simon Pegg Interview - Shaun of the Dead DVD Super-Feature
For Simon Pegg, that means sitting down and writing an insanely funny and touching romance story...with a few zombies in it...and then playing the leading role of Shaun himself.
Pegg didn't actually take a stand per se, in fact, for him, Shaun Of The Dead seemed like the logical, and fun, next step of his career.
We recently spoke to Simon Pegg, and discussed the beginnings of the film, his relationship with co-writer Edgar Wright and co-star Nick Frost, the culture of DVDs, and even his opinions on those other zombie movies of 2004.
www.ugo.com /channels/dvd/features/shaunofthedead/simonpegg.asp   (1205 words)

  
 The Movie Chicks - Interview - Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Simon: There were certain roles that were written with people in mind.
Nick: Simon and I have been best friends for ten years and we were flat-mates for seven of those years.
Simon: It wasn't something we really thought about in terms of - let's make this so that it goes over.
www.themoviechicks.com /mid2004/mctshaundead.html   (1919 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Gossip Monkey on Simon Pegg's latest
UK actor writer Simon Pegg's eagerly awaited follow up to his Rom Zom Com hit 'Shaun of the Dead' is titled 'Hot Fuzz' and will begin shooting in a few week's time.
The pic is a comedy that pretty much sends up the buddy buddy cop pics of the 80's and 90's, like he and his team did with the zombie movies.
Pegg will once again be acting, but center stage will be former Bond Timothy Dalton and "Moulin Rouge" and "Gangs of New York" actor Jim Broadbent.
www.moviehole.net /news/20060225_gossip_monkey_on_simon_peggs_l.html   (682 words)

  
 The DVD Clinic Movie Review of Shaun of the Dead
Pegg & co. discuss the film a bit but it’s mostly a look at the surroundings and a glimpse at the undead getting ready for action or taking breathers.
Simon and Edgar’s Flip Chart (13 minutes): Here is even more proof of how supercool and likeable both writer/actor Simon Pegg and writer/director Edgar Wright are.
Simon does his best Connery impression and Nick does his best Caine as they act out a scene from SHAUN OF THE DEAD as characters from THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.
www.joblo.com /reviews.php?mode=joblo_dvds&id=718   (1209 words)

  
 BBC - collective - games #047: simon pegg on gaming
In Spaced, Simon Pegg's character, Tim, was a gamer, in one memorable episode slipping into a Resident Evil 2 fantasy after a night on the speed.
What's questionable for a gamer watching the film — which is essentially a satire of modern urban life — is that it seems to be including gaming in its checklist of parallels between us and the living dead (commuting, dead-end jobs, apathy in relationships, etc).
Co-writer Pegg, himself a gamer (he'd been playing Jedi Outcast prior to our interview), dispelled these concerns: “The videogame thing was never really about saying people who play videogames are zombies — even though you can become one if you get into a particularly good adventure game and end up sitting there for 12 hours.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A2499744   (686 words)

  
 Shaun Of The Dead - Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright | Funny UK Comedy
The comedy horror stars Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis, Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy and Jessica Stevenson.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD " is an everyday tale of life, love and the living dead focussing on a group of friends who encounter a literal night from hell at their local pub, under attack from a zombie invasion.
In this internet exclusive Simon Pegg talks about his interest in writing, Lucy Davis being a red coat, and his choice of vinyl records to throw at a zombie.
www.funny.co.uk /tv-radio-film-comedy/art_59-2114-Shaun-Of-The-Dead-Simon-Pegg-Edgar-Wright.html   (337 words)

  
 INTERVIEW with "Shaun of the Dead"'s Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright! 
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are the geeks of the hour.
Simon and I also went down on a Sunday morning before we started filming and rehearsed the whole thing.
So if you watch it again, not only is the shot exactly the same, but Simon is doing exactly the same thing in both shots -- when he slips on the curb, but also every scratch and yawn and sniff and shrug is all choreographed.
homepage.mac.com /merussell/iblog/B835531044/C1592678312/E1687546537   (3588 words)

  
 Total DVD Online - Interview : Spaced writer/star Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
With Series 1 recently repeated on Channel 4 and out now on DVD, and Series 2 scheduled on C4 from 23 February, we talked to writer and star Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright.
Former stand-up comic Pegg appeared on TV in sitcom Faith in the Future and sketch show We Know Where You Live, and on stage with Steve Coogan, and wrote for the Paramount Comedy Channel, while Spaced co-writer and star Jessica Stevenson played chunky Cheryl on The Royle Family.
Pegg's clearly a bit of a DVD fan - he says he buys mainly R1 discs and enjoys a wide range of material from classic movies like Citizen Kane and Harold and Maude to modern SF/ horror like Pitch Black.
www.totaldvd.net /features/interviews/200104Spaced.php   (469 words)

  
 Mcm.net - Cinéma - Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg est l'une des valeurs montantes de la nouvelle génération d'acteurs britanniques.
Simon Pegg a par ailleurs été la vedette de la série “Final Demand”, sur BBC1, avec Tamsin Outhwaite, et de la sitcomHippies” sur BBC2, dans le rôle de Ray.
Simon Pegg a joué aussi dans la série produite par Steven Spielberg et Tom Hanks “Band of Brothers” et dans la série de la BBC “Doctor Terrible's House of Horrors”, ainsi que dans la série plébiscitée “Tube Tales”, dans l'épisode “Steal Away”.
www.commeaucinema.com /mcm/news.php3?nominfos=41757   (391 words)

  
 Shaun of the Dead + A Dirty Shame
Director Edgar Wright, who co-wrote the film with star Simon Pegg, made his mark with a smart, hilarious Channel 4 comedy series called "Spaced", a show that bears comparison to "The Family Guy" in its pop-culture genius and frequent fantasy non sequiturs.
The genesis of Shaun of the Dead appears to be an episode of "Spaced" in which Pegg, having an unfortunate trip, hallucinates himself shooting hordes of zombies.
A terrible boyfriend, Shaun (Simon Pegg) works at a small appliance store where, Evil Dead fans take note, someone named "Ash" calls in sick a lot.
filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/shaunofthedirtyshame.htm   (990 words)

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