Taking him down a Pegg
Simon Pegg fans were well-served at the Monday night screening of Picturehouse's "Run, Fat Boy Run," David Schwimmer's feature directorial debut about a about a slacker (Pegg, pictured at left) who decides to run a marathon to win back his fiancée (Thandie Newton). At the Q&A with Schwimmer, Pegg, Newton and the producers after the late screening, one audience member asked if Pegg was ever in a marathon. "Pffft, don't be ridiculous," sneered Pegg comically, much to the audience's enjoyment. Then he turned serious. "I was talking to a journalist earlier about the New York marathon, and I think I should try it."
"Shaddup," came this voice from the back of the theatre, so distinct and unmistakable that any Pegg fan recognized who it belonged to: Nick Frost, Pegg's real life best friend and on-screen chum in movies "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." The audience howled. And when the moderator asked for a few more questions from the audience, Frost let out, "Why wasn't Nick in the film?" more laughs ensued. ("We couldn't afford him" was the reply, by the way.)
Pegg revealed that he and his "Dead/Fuzz" collaborator Edgar Wright have set their sights on their third movie in what is called their "Blood and Ice Cream" trilogy, and will start writing the script this fall. Sorry, guys, no details beyond that. Schwimmer, meanwhile, said the hardest part about making his debut was creatively and strategically turning the only 200 extras the low-budget production could afford into a thousand marathon runners and a hundred thousand cheering fans. (Borys Kit)
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