"Simon John Beckingham (born 14 February 1970), better known as Simon Pegg, is an award-winning English actor, comedian, writer, producer, stand-up comedian, and director. He is best known for his starring roles in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, and for the British sitcom Spaced." (wikipedia.com)
Funny how I came across his two movies in such a random manner. The first one was Shaun of the Dead of course.
That was some time back in 2005, while I was surfing channel's at P.'s. It reeled us in hook, line and sinker -- it's about this blue-collar worker named Shaun who is only recently just figuring out how to make things right in his life. But at such a bad timing, because, this epiphany of his just happens to coincide with the attack of the undead. So he's this hapless chap trying to sort things out with is girlfriend or his mom, while fending off bloodthirsty zombies at the same time.
Wry, absurd British humor, heavy references to pop culture, a bit of romance, and zombies! A romantic comedy with zombies. San ka pa? P. and I were were laughing our heads off, and asking each other over and over, "What is this movie?" Needless to say, we didn't even bother turning up for work that day.
Then, just the other night, I saw Simon Pegg again, while flipping through the movie channels. This time he's a straightlaced cop from London, who is transeferred to small town Sandford, where everybody is just nuts. Hahaha.
Same kinetic camera pacing, same absurd British humor, same sidekick (Nick Frost), the same ensemble cast of idiots who say the stupidest things ("I've always wanted to be a policeman-officer."), same heavy referencing of pop culture (this time it's cop movies like Bad Boys and Point Break) and the same ridiculous plot -- a series of murders in a small town, that everybody just attributes to accidents. It's so funny how Simon Pegg's character is so ready to tear his hair off, so frustrated that he's the only sane person around. (Reminds me of Mugatu's line in Zoolander "The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Blue Steel? Ferrari? Le Tigra? They're the same face! Doesn't anybody notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!")
Hayy. Funny. Eto pa! The best news I've heard in the longest time.
Will Ferrell To Play Drunk, Naked Watson To Sacha Baron Cohen's Sherlock
If you've been longing for a re-pairing of rival NASCAR champions Ricky Bobby and Jean Girard, only this time in something a little more fog-enshrouded, well, then, hold on to your pipes: It was announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will star in the working-titled Sherlock: Elementary Deductions For Solving Puzzling Murders Throughout Queen Victoria's London in a Deerslayer Hat—an updating of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic mysteries. From Variety.com:
Columbia Pictures has set an untitled comedy that will star Sacha Baron Cohen as master detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as Watson, his crime-solving partner.Etan Cohen ("Tropic Thunder") is writing the script, and Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller will produce.
Ahlavett! :-P
