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Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

  • 55 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, producer and executive producer

Press clippings Page 19

Simon Pegg comedy Paul tops UK film chart

Simon Pegg's extra-terrestrial comedy Paul has entered the UK box office chart at number one, knocking Gnomeo and Juliet off the top spot.

BBC News, 22nd February 2011

Simon Pegg interview

Simon Pegg, from Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, talks to Metro about working with his on-screen other half Nick Frost and their new Hollywood film Paul.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 14th February 2011

It came from outta Spaced: Interview with Pegg & Frost

The notoriously rainy English climate has wreaked havoc on the schedule of more than one film production. But it was also the inclement weather that gave rise to Simon Pegg's new comedy adventure Paul.

Chortle, 13th February 2011

Simon Pegg: Nick Frost & I were so poor we shared a bed

They were once so poor that they were forced to share a single bed, but now Simon Pegg and his best pal Nick Frost are two of Britain's most powerful funnymen.

Siobhan Synnot, Daily Record, 9th February 2011

Simon Pegg launches comic book app

Simon Pegg presents a one-off digital comic book featuring himself as superhero.

Spoonfed, 24th November 2010

Video: Simon Pegg on his love of Star Wars

Simon Pegg has just written a book called Nerd Do Well where he explores the idea that he was born a nerd and that it all started with Star Wars.

BBC Breakfast, 18th October 2010

Simon Pegg 'hypocrite' for writing autobiography

Simon Pegg says he's a hypocrite for writing an autobiography. The Star Trek star admits he hates all the celebrity autobiographies that come out in the run-up to Christmas.

Natalie Jamieson and Frances Cronin, BBC News, 15th October 2010

Simon Pegg sends live message to space

Simon Pegg has sent a live message into space on behalf of the planet.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 3rd September 2010

Simon Pegg moves to Century

Simon Pegg's three-book deal has moved from Hodder to Century, following Pegg's editor, Century publishing director Ben Dunn, who switched companies last year.

Benedicte Page, The Bookseller, 6th August 2010

Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's zombie romcom, a tribute to George A Romero's Dawn of the Dead, is amusing, smart and, towards the end, genuinely tense. Shaun (Pegg), a Londoner in a dull job and a fractious relationship, finds his humdrum routine disrupted when almost everyone else in the country turns into a zombie. There's a special geeky pleasure in spotting all the film buff in-jokes.

The Telegraph, 29th May 2010

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