Simon Pegg Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ
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- Simon Pegg breaks down his favorite and most iconic characters, including Tim from "Spaced," Shaun from "Shaun of the Dead," Nicholas Angel from "Hot Fuzz," Gary King from "The World's End," Scotty in "Star Trek," Unkar Plutt in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," and Benji Dunn in the "Mission: Impossible" movies. Simon stars in "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," out in theaters July 27th.
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Hot Fuzz can be watched 4x per year for decades. So good.
his best movie imo
Yes, i still rofl with this film, after all this years.
Hey and The Worlds End, that movie has so many easter eggs it is very re-watchable.
best
movie
ever
🤣🙃🦢🍺🚓🍻🍦 👮♂️🏃♂️
I LOOOOVVVEEEE hot fuzz but Shaun of the dead has to be my favourite
“So we wrote a whole film about it, and added zombies.”
See guys, anyone can be a screenwriter
¿?
Yes, anyone can be a screenwriter. But not everyone can be good screenwriters. Those lovely folks actually put in the effort and even re-draft to further flesh out and strengthen things such as plot, world building, cause and effect and character development. Chaps like Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg.
@@Mj0Skyver what you meant to say was anyone can be a screenwriter, but few can be paid screenwriters
X to doubt
@@eddixon2015 No.
He's so successful his hairline came back.
Just like Elon Musk
O.O
Y i k e s
did he get a transplant?
@jay cartwright he was mega balding in Shaun of the dead. Yeah it's a hair transplant.
To this day the "I don't want to be sober" monologue still gives me chills.
His revealed suicide attempt is very powerful. It is hard to bring a serious moment into a comedy. The trilogy all has moments in them.
@@woodsplitter3274 I didn't even realize it was suicide, I just thought it was rehab lol
I like the speech about humans at the end haha
@@highdefinition450 He's still got the hospital band and bandages on his wrists, doesn't he?
@@highdefinition450 It's implied few times in the movie that he escaped a psychiatric hospital and wanted to kill himself after finishing the golden mile. Bit of a dark twist to his character.
Pegg doesn't get talked about nearly enough
Then you are in the wrong circles
ENDSEEKER What that seems to say is Pegg is talked about enough, it's just mostly by smaller groups of people (Im guessing people "in" film and such). so why not just say that?
@@Sam-um9nu Because that is not what I said
@@MetaalMeerkat Pegg doesn't get talked about nearly enough.
Trust, he's making the star trek films an all sorts but never get mentioned about when they talk about big British actors an directors
"Nick and I were ensconced in a pub in Highgate called The Shepherds, where we spent much of our time. To the disappointment of our then girlfriend Edger Wright"
"She was trying to get us to leave, and we didnt want to....so we wrote a movie about it" best movie premise ever lol
We all heard it.
@@re_doxx7232 just pointing out a joke I found humorous you mong
@@Nantosuelta didn't ask
@@re_doxx7232 but why did you check the comment section??? no one told you to check the comment section you dickwad!!
“I play the character of Buck the Weasel, who is a one-eyed weasel. Which, uh, is also often a euphemism for a man’s part. It’s not a euphemism for my part, ‘cause my part was actually Buck the Weasel.”
The off-the-cuff wordplay here is amazing.
Makes me happy that Gary King is Simon Pegg’s favourite character of his, because The World’s End is one of my all-time favourite movies. It was so well-written and absolutely hilarious.
Agreed
agree
Yeah it’s a very underrated film.
I literally never cried so hard during a movie. And I cry at movies. A lot. I cried during despicable me for God's sake.
I love how dead panned he delivers his snark. His dry humor is my favorite type of humor
Simon Pegg sounds like he's playing Simon Pegg
im gonna let someone get the 1k like so im not gonna like it so someone else can enjoy it
@@novorapid6706 thanks man. Go have a donut or something
I basically just said the same thing. Classic dry British wit and humor. My family on both sides (though we are 2 generations American now, are British to the backbone so we truly appreciate the English language and it’s unique humor and love of laughter in general. My last name, Willis (I found out) dates all the way back to the Norman Conquest, and all of our other family names are equally quintessentially English with the exception of the couple of Scots (McCaleb and McNeese) that slipped in. I think our appreciation for all things British (including humor of course) is absolutely genetic at this point.
That's English humor for you.
2:12
”-she also was trying to get us to leave, but we didn’t want to, so we wrote a whole film about it and added zombies.”
F*cking madlad.
I just wonder if they knew at the time that it would make for an amazing story
I love movies that are based/ inspired by real life events and that have things added to them. Just like that, with Shaun of the dead.
This is America we don't say madlad here
@@goprojoe7449 So what we should talk American. You mug. You are bang out of order. You're having a bath if you think we'll start talking Yankee speech. You're asking for a dry slap me son. Becuase I'm naughty. I'm proper naughty you Mug!!!
Americans should use Madlads. It’s a great word.
I feel like I have never yet seen Simon Pegg act. All his characters are just him after different types of alcohol. And I love them all.
Angel: no alcohol
Shaun: normal alcoholic
Gary: his blood is alcohol.
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy one word Yes!
He's an admitted alcoholic in real life, so it's kind of poignant.
Man, he's just freestyling, and it's hilarious.
Obviously a very intelligent and creative guy.
"ive been let off of so many murders because of hot fuzz" I DIED
@@wes2512 He got away with another murder because of Hot Fuzz. Who can stop this man?
I came here to say this exactly lol
Gary is a type of Don Quixote
@@imaginarycanary9956 Except a bit less oblivious.
so did his victims
"a dispute over a tractor"
Most west country story ever
If the tractor was illegally parked in an orchard, then that WOULD be the most West Country story I've ever heard.
lmaoooo ikr
And there continued to be no crime 'round 'ere.
Happy to remind you of this 1.2k like comment
@@Rigby86 That's mad, I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know
I watched World's End during one of the darkest times in my life and remember really seeing myself reflected on screen. It's a really good and real depiction of depression.
Same here. I felt really stuck and miserable at that time while my high school mates were all doing great. Luckily it's all over.
Nicholas Angel is one of my all-time favorite characters. He played him brilliantly.
The greater good
*"People like to be passive aggressive towards strangers because their life is so empty" - Simon Pegg 2018*
*their
Your spellcheck is unnecessary and unwanted.
Lare Alexander Short yet u still edited it lmao
Mr. Sandman While you unnecessarily commented to garner attention was unneeded the word was misspelled and I corrected it. But to reiterate you only commented cause you thought it was funny. You heckled my spelling. I don't understand this construct.
Lare Alexander Short my God am I glad I have no friends like you. Bore off, honestly. Stop being such a prude and loosen up. Are you new to the internet or do you try to be as snarky as possible in reply to every comment on RUclips?
I really like this guy. You can tell that he enjoys acting and does it very well. Many movies have been made much better because of him.
"Can I have a towel?" Agree.
i can't agree more
Do Americans like or know this guy?
James H probably for star trek
Ought to check-out Spaced.
Can I get about 10 more hours of him talking about old men walking.
I would like to see his library of old men walking, probably a good two or five terrabytes of old men who walk, and hopefully after we could rate what video and who we thought walked the best in their old man...ness? and maybe after open a seminar and we can show how to walk like a old man the proper way...
Simon Pegg is the best, his monotone kind of dark humor is why I love him
I would call it dark it's definitely dry though.
So humble, giving a shout out to that KJ... MJ Abrams guy or whatever.
Helping out the little, unknown directors.
i saw that, can you put me in context pls?
Yeah I have no idea who that Hey Jay Ibrahim guy is but he sounds nice.
James Burgess M1 Abrams
J.R. Arbuckle, love him
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?
I met Simon Pegg once at a Paul McCartney concert in London & he was nicer to me than anyone I know has ever been.
So he has good taste in music too! Now I'm a fan
Your parents? Surely giving you life and supporting you counts as "nice"?
dagnut yeah no parents are ever horrible, no parents ever get children taken away. Do you think before you comment?
Luckkkyyyyyy
that's just sad
Simon was absolutely genius in The World's End. Such an underrated movie, which is understandable with the awesomeness of the other two movies in the cornetto trilogy.
“People like to be passive aggressive towards strangers because their lives are empty”
-Simon Pegg
The perfect summary of the world we live in now.
Actors always say this when they're criticized, it won't stop them taking your money though.
@@edwardbutler9648his accent was okay though, it wasn't terrible🤷♀️
Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are just the perfect combination
Joe Macaulay real geeks done good, you could see the magic in spaced
Their trilogy is a child's imagination come true.
Same actors fighting zombies, aliens and a secret organization in different settings
The Holy Trinity
I love Simon Pegg and will watch anything he is in.
Teresa White me too. Simon Pegg is one of the reason why I started watching Mission Impossible movies
Simon Pegg and nick frost together = iconic
Absolutely Anything?
Tedious Totoro I see what you did there
Everything. ....except for Ready Player One
“I like to watch old men walking”
I like hot Fuzz XD it's the best. I'm addicted
“Everyone was trying to get us to leave the pub, but we didn’t want to. So we wrote a whole film about it, and we added zombies” 😂
I'm still waiting for Nick and Simon to do another collab in the future
Have you watched the new trailer ruclips.net/video/XlhC8ba1w6A/видео.html
I got rather confused since 'Nick @ Simon' are a famous Dutch singing duo. They are collaborating all the time.
PrutsertNL And you thought of them, rather than the Simon in the video..?
omg please
Aleksi Salonen . Tnku good sir
Simon Pegg breaks down Nick Frosts most iconic characters
Simon Pegg breaks down
Simon Pegg is so underrated. He and Nick Frost are one of the best duos of all time. Paul, Shaun of the dead, and the world's end my absolute favorites. Again, these guys don't get enough credit. Love you guys.
1:56 - _''To the disapointment of our then-girlfriend, *Edgar Wright*''_ - Brilliant
10:44 - _''Phantom... Something... Attack of the... Thing... And then Revenge of... Something''_ - 😂
I was smiling throughout the video, and if I wasn't, it's only because I was laughing out loud!
What a talented guy, him, Nick Frost and of course Edgar Wright are the holy trinity of film.
Some would say
A cornetto trilogy
@@devincrawford6508 Wheyyyyyy
That would be Jason Statham, Vinnie Jones and Guy Richie.
I wish I could like this comment more then once!
I don't think I would watch into the badlands if it wasn't for Nick Frost lol
He is so wonderfully dry! Telling the craziest stories, totally stone-faced.
Can´t get more British than that
"A warrior in the name of something completely pointless" is just such a wonderful line.
Simon, you revolutionized mission impossible as a franchise, you single handily made it fun to watch.
True!
*Y A W E E C L A T T Y B A S T A R D*
the sayings actually clarty
@@NoteKingCole interesting, what does clarty mean?
@@NoteKingCole no its not
@@CrAzYpOtHeAd420time it's clatty and it means disgusting
@@128co am scottish mate central Scotland and thats what i just said??
"Hans... Olo."
God I love this man
Tu Madre Luke scrapwalker
Phantom something, attack of the... things, revenge of the something haha
This man is a one-man ad-lib comedy show.. A great actor, writer, and comedy genius.. I want to see more of him.
11:26 "Hans Olo"... I literally spilled my coffee
As a resident of the West Country, I can confirm there are many disputes over tractors.
@@jochenweidler8645 That's a great story
@@jochenweidler8645 can we get the movie rights to that 😂
@@jochenweidler8645 why did they talk so much about tractors??
@@UnwaveringBackBone country side duuuuh thats like dudes talking about expensive cars
well a tractor and a wife is mans life, you can look at it but ya better aint gonna touch it lad.
Hot Fuzz is literally a perfectly constructed film. Simon is an immense talent, but Edgar Wright is a f-ing treasure.
I think the two of them together are the secret sauce that made it so special.
I didn't really like Hot Fuzz, but Shaun of the Dead was awesome
Really? I had the opposite, I didn't like Shaun of the Dead much but I thought Hot Fuzz was a masterpiece. I always get suprised that people liked SotD more.
agreed. One of my all time favorites
@@RecklessRoseRiot they're both fantastic movies.
"And then there was another one"
That perfectly describes my feelings about The Force Awakens.
I saw world's End a single time hoping for another amazing film. It's done very well, but it reminded me so much of my dad's struggles with mental illness and alcoholism. he played the character so well, and it just broke my heart.
Fortunately no one was hurt just a dispute over a tractor.
No one*
Chris L Gary!
2KOOLURATOOL Shwah!
Turns out this is what happened: ruclips.net/video/28o_Lvim-zI/видео.html
Just regular West Country stuff
THE FENCE GAG IS THE GREATEST GAG OF ALL TIME
Charlotte Flair Murdoc 👋
Char10tti3 NOODLE 🤘🏼
The ice cream headache gets me every time in Hot Fuzz
MOTHERS!!!
i chuckle just thinking about it.
As a Scottish girl his accent is actually quite good
“Met Dennis Leary once when I was younger, but he won’t remember that” omg this man’s roasting abilities are on another level. The subtlety with which he delivers his jokes is just unmatched 😂
Humble guy, and shaun of the dead is a classic (didnt know id get so many likes sheeesh)
There’s no I in meat pie.
Movie was so trash... I loved it.
The first time i saw Shaun and Ed together, i instantly thought of SpongeBob and Patrick lol
I always wanted to go to the Winchester after I saw that 😂
Hot Fuzz is better
Their girlfriend Edgar haha
Right??? lol Wright.
I died at that part xDD
Spaced will always be my favourite thing they ever did.
SOTD & Hot Fuzz come 2nd
& The Worlds End is 3rd
But man, Spaced was just genius, can't even hazard a guess on how many times I watched it growing up, got me into a lot of good music too, like Boards Of Canada & LemonJelly. 10/10 is an understatement for that show.
I love spaced. I was 14/15 when it first came out and remember it being so very different.
One of the most likeable guys in cinema! Love Simon!
What a great actor... been in a lot of my favourite films
Me too. Especially Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz. Their also directed by my favorite movie director
Kyle Luke me too
Edgar Wright is my favorite director
Antonio deCarmoducci all the films that are in this video dumbass...
Antonio deCarmoducci Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, Paul, Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Star Trek: Beyond, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible - Fallout
His dry humor is hilarious.
"I like to watch old men walk."
Hot fuzz was and still is one of the best movies I have ever seen, I will never forget the first time I watched and I've seen it sooooo many times
I love how the culture of RUclips and social media gives certain artists a chance to have a piece of content about them shared for everyone to see. I've been a Simon fan since Spaced and to this day Edgar Wright is my favorite director and all of their works are my favorite films. Glad people (especially Americans) are finally getting to enjoy Simon Pegg more and more.
The part about his daughter being born was ACCTUALLY awesome
Makes me happy to hear that Gary King was his favourite character to play, as he is one of my favourite characters in any piece of media ever, Simon's portrayal of Gary actually helped me discover a lot of my personal flaws and is one of the major things that made me decide to sober up.
I’m 15 and grew up with these films not knowing until recently that they are years old, I wasn’t even born when Shawn of the dead (one of my favourites) was made. Simon peg is one of my favourite and best actors who is so under appreciated.
„That Zombie Film was Shawn of the Dead.“
*Shawn of the dead*
„Shawn of the Dead...“
*"The Phantom... something. Attack of the... things! Then Revenge... of... something!"*
Revenge of .. another
mbom what about hans olo or chewbaccan
Force of something
Take your pocket money, and get out!
@@squigglycircle "Well Jar--Jar makes the ewoks look like f*ckin' Shaft!"
0:14 Spaced (1999-2001) TV series
1:25 Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
2:47 Hot Fuzz (2007)
4:10 The World's End (2013)
4:57 Mission Impossible: lll (2006)
Mission impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission Impossible: Rouge Nation (2015)
Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)
6:51 Star Trek: (2009)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
8:19 Ice Age: 3 - Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (2009)
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
9:18 Paul (2011)
10:28 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
11:37 Ready Player One (2018)
Saint Martins where is absolutely anything? or what was the title? totally forgot. the one with the aliens and he had superpowers
Thanks hero
Where's Run Fat Boy, Run where he plays Dennis......
Kill me three times sadly isn’t here
No Band of Brothers too..
'Paul' got me through a tough period in my life. It quite literally brought sunshine into my dark mundane days since it sorta relfected what I was going through losing a loved one and having your buddies becoming an integral part of the journey was what really resonated with me. Great feel good movie, played it on repeat for months and never got tired of it. My brother got annoyed since we stayed in the same condo lol. Great memories.
Paul was my dads favourite film, he’d watch it all the time & to know Simon Pegg becomes a dad during it just seems to top it off ❤️
Hot Fuzz will always be up there with my favourite films ever so glad the research Simon did for it paid off
This guy JJ Abrams...I don't know what happened to him 😂😂😂
Gotta love Simon Pegg!
Oh...and your Scottish accent is on point!
He was too far gone
Definitely ruined star trek
What even is this video 😂😂
The interaction between Ogden and Wade in Ready Player One at the end is so good and so heartfelt. It’s just one of those movies you can watch over and over again each time it’s on.
How many times have I watched “Paul” - too many to count. One of my favorites!
“I like to watch old men walking”. Best line I’ve heard today 😄
Gary King has to be one of my all time favorite movie characters
He somehow manages to be both insanely funny and tragic at the same time
As much as I love all 3 movies in the Cornetto Trilogy. The Worlds End will always be my favorite
Still owes me £200
I like ur profile pic of Scott Pilgrim
Really. Opposite i reckon. Still a great film thou
I’m hungry for a marmalade sandwich.
I've only seen the first 2
Simon will always be one of those actors that love seeing in movies hes a treat I’m glad to have discovered him
Benji is the textbook way how cheeky/nerd guys should be written into ''serious'' situations. Insted of being the usual dumb guy that drags the team down with nonsense or the usual completely idiotic YET somehow genius who saves the situation through magic he's actually a competent agent yet funny. Its one of the freshest takes on the stereotype character, especially in MI4. And it shines especially in contrast to the Ethan character. Where Ethan is rugged, experienced, and somewhat tired, Benji in enthusiastic and naive WHILE still being prepared and competent thats the key.
You can tell Gary King is his fav - far and away his most incredible performance. Genuinely made me cry in a few scenes.
One of my favourite actors. He was snubbed for a Best Actor award for The World's End.
I love Simon's movies. First 1 I saw was Shaun of the dead and I've loved every movie I've seen him in since.
If you haven't watched Spaced I highly recommend it. It's such a delightfully unique and underrated series. Also, I can't believe Simon Pegg only got a 13 minute Break Down while everyone else gets 20-40 minutes. Maybe he was on a time crunch or something but he deserves way more time
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost: name a more iconic duo, but you can't because they are always amazing together.
This is THE BEST video of this kind I've seen! So honest and funny, love him so much!
He and everyone has forgotten his outstanding,magnificent performance in Inheritance!!!!!!
Spaced was underrated
Devon Palmer loved the artist neighbour and the tweaked out guy who always hears a beat lol
When it first aired it was slow to gain an audience but it definitely wasn’t underrated by those who actually watched it. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a similar situation.
Absolutely. It's just as good as the Corneto Trilogy.
Favorite comedy show. It’s literally perfect.
McSuperfly it's literally the hardest thing to find fans of darkplace.
I served him at a cinema i worked, he's so nice in person. he tolerated me when i was freaking out and let me have my moment lol
12:32 “I like to watch old men walking around I’ll set down a blanket and watch them”-Simon Pegg😂 Wotta guy
I’m met Simon Pegg at Comic-Con London. It’s was AWESOME!!!
To all the simon/frost fans: you know why nick has a shaved part in his haircut during shaun of the dead?
Its because of a episode in black books where nick plays a role as a door safety technician, during the episode he has a small football figuren stuck into his hair. Its the greatest reference ive ever come across and ive never met someone that made the same observation.
knowledge is power!
Actually, some of the cast member did a prank with a shaver, just like in jackass.
Props on the commander keen profile pic!
Christ, I forgot he was in Black Books. Everything really is better with Brits.
I knew that
Fun fact, simon pegg is the only person to be in star trek, doctor who and star wars
Craig Penfold cool!
Also Deep Roy imgur.com/gallery/LIxxfay
Kiddy Amunda i had no idea
When was he in Doctor Who?! Must have completely missed that episode, unless he was in costume.
series one episode seven, the long game
This is the very best breakdown that I've seen so far. Ten out of ten.
I dressed up as Gary King at a Comic Con a few years ago and I met Nick Frost. As I was walking up to have my picture taken with him, he says “come here Gary” it was awesome!
Didn't know how many movies he was in only really knew shaun, hot fuzz and paul. Quite impressive career and seems humble.
TheErikjsm you should watch the world's end if you havent yet, it completes the cornetto trilogy
He was also in Dr. Who
Araani M thanks for the tip ill give it a go when i have time
He has also been in other films not mentioned in this video.
"You got red on you.."
How's that for a slice of fried gold?
Sorry Phillip
Pete? Pete are you up there? OI PRICK!
The queen when phillip crashes the car; " *PHILLIP* "
“Kill the queen!”
“What?”
“The jukebox!”
The first thing I saw Simon in was Black Books. He is one of those actors you take notice of and remember no matter how small the role.
One of the most underrated actor's, PERIOD.
"I love the Scots... more than the English." 😆🤣🤣
Who in their right mind wouldn't?
sheep shaggers
@@hydefc4956 lol that's really bad in Aberdeen
It's the general English opinion
@@hydefc4956 no that the Welsh.
I love Simon Pegg. I want to be his friend.
Yeah he is the type of person you could be friends with and he'd be chill
Then, you are.
He's just awesome. Had the Chance to meet him, such a nice Guy
I actually had the pleasure of watching Hot Fuzz for the first time, unspoiled, earlier this year. It was delightful, probably one of the funniest most enjoyable films I've ever seen.
Wish he ironically said Nicholas *Angle* D:
Morning Angle
U do mean angel
@@flamezeu2118 it's a line in the movie. The reporter who dies in hot fuzz can't spell well and screws up a story about stg angel
Josh Lines hey that weren’t me
@@rockerdude8000 woooosh
Just effortlessly hilarious and with a great poker face all the way through. Imagine kicking it at the pub with this guy
I hope one day Simon Pegg directs a film. I think he has the right talents for it and has been mentored by some of cinemas greatest directors.
Kind of sad that Run Fatboy Run didn't make it on the list. While not iconic, in the strictest sense, it still was a memorable role of Simon's. "How's that for a slice of fried gold?"
Twyko Mantis yeeeeeeeeah boooooyyyyyyyy
*Sudden urge for a cornetto*
Dr. Aruban I have some in the freezer....
I'll be right over
I always have to eat three