On the morning of their South by Southwest premiere, The Film Stage caught up with Paul stars (and writers) Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, as well as director Greg Mottola. The group was actively in the middle of promoting their comedy (opening today) and Mottola joked that he flew in to Austin to hang out in a parking lot. Located in a mock-up of an Rv park, the team was kind enough to answer our questions:
Tfs: How much of the film was inspired by your trip to Comic-Con?
Simon Pegg: The conception of the idea was an accident. We were slammed by the rain while making Shaun of the Dead and Nira [Park] our producer said let’s just make a film somewhere where it doesn’t rain. We were doing the scene where zombies were throwing records in the garden, and it took us weeks to do that...
Tfs: How much of the film was inspired by your trip to Comic-Con?
Simon Pegg: The conception of the idea was an accident. We were slammed by the rain while making Shaun of the Dead and Nira [Park] our producer said let’s just make a film somewhere where it doesn’t rain. We were doing the scene where zombies were throwing records in the garden, and it took us weeks to do that...
- 3/18/2011
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Monday night was the premiere of John Landis’ new film, Burke and Hare. Fortunate enough to get the nod of approval I hot footed it down the swingin’ Kings Road to the Chelsea Curzon. Politely squeezing my way through a horde of autograph hunters, I stepped through security while thanking my lucky stars that we were going to be inside, and not garnering icicles from our dictaphones out on the street.
In Burke and Hare, Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis play a pair of murderers, flogging their fresh kills to the school of anatomy for a fiver a pop. The film’s cast is rounded out by Isla Fisher, Jessica Hynes and even Ronnie Corbett – all of whom graced us with their presence.
John Landis was his usual loud, brash and lovable self. Isla Fisher was drop dead, dig me up and drop dead again gorgeous. Ronnie Corbett was insanely...
In Burke and Hare, Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis play a pair of murderers, flogging their fresh kills to the school of anatomy for a fiver a pop. The film’s cast is rounded out by Isla Fisher, Jessica Hynes and even Ronnie Corbett – all of whom graced us with their presence.
John Landis was his usual loud, brash and lovable self. Isla Fisher was drop dead, dig me up and drop dead again gorgeous. Ronnie Corbett was insanely...
- 10/26/2010
- by Alan Simmons
- FilmShaft.com
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