SIMON PEGG My Life in Pictures
SHAUN OF THE DEAD 2004
A zomcom with braaains, laughs and Queen on the jukebox…
“At the time, we just wanted to make our zombie film and have a premiere so our parents could come along. That was it. You don’t look into the future. So the idea that we created something with longevity? It’s the ultimate accolade. And it’s strange actually, that during the pandemic it’s been talked about more, and these memes keep popping up.
“We never got above ourselves and all ‘Jack the biscuit’ about it, but we were blown away, absolutely blown away, that people like Tarantino liked it and gave us quotes. George Romero’s nod was the most wonderful for me because it was all because of him and our love for his amazing trilogy. Those films were legendary when I was a kid. was like contraband because it had been banned and everyone talked about the helicopter decapitation, the machete in the head… It was the stuff of the legend. So to get the call from him, saying he’d watched it and enjoyed it?
