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Why there shouldn’t be a Shaun of the Dead reboot, explained by Simon Pegg

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Summary

  • Simon Pegg believes
    Shaun of the Dead
    A reboot should not be made because the original is so closely tied to aspects of his personal life and the lives of Edgar Wright and Nick Frost.
  • Pegg says a reboot of the film would be ”
    cynical and exploitative
    .”
  • The charm of
    Shaun of the Dead
    springs from the unique empathy of Wright, Pegg and Frost and could not be recaptured with a new director and new stars.



Shaun of the Dead Star Simon Pegg explains why the zombie comedy film should never be remade. Released in 2004, Shaun of the Dead is directed by Edgar Wright, with Pegg and Nick Frost in the lead roles as two slackers whose boring lives are disrupted by a zombie apocalypse. The love for the film is still strong even after all these years, especially since Pegg, Wright and Frost have had other successful collaborations with Hot Fuzz (2007) and The end of the world (2013); the three films are collectively known as the Cornetto Trilogy.

In a recent interview with THRPegg is asked to express his feelings about a possible Shaun of the Dead reboot, and he is firmly against the idea. The actor explains that the 2004 film was actually very closely tied to aspects of his real life at the time (and the lives of Wright and Frost), and that a reboot with the same title would be “cynical and exploitative.” Watch Pegg’s full comment below:


“I mean, Universal (Pictures) owns it. If they decide to reboot it, they can if they want, I guess. Although Edgar and I would be outraged.
(laughs)
.)

”
Shaun of the Dead
is incredibly personal. There’s so much of us in this film. The whole joke about Ed and Shaun never being able to get out of the Winchester was real. It was about Nick and me, it was about our decision to just stay in a pub in north London.

“Edgar was always in town. He was always in Soho and always wanted us to come into town and hang out at (London private club) The Groucho, but we never did. We always wanted to be at The Shepherds (pub). My girlfriend, now my wife, was the same way. She said, ‘Are we going to go to The Shepherds again?’ That inspired this whole story.

“The whole thing with Shaun’s mother, stepfather, I had a problematic relationship with my stepfather. It was Edgar’s idea to kill the mother. I couldn’t believe it when he said that, but it was the best decision.

“There is so much of our own heart and soul in this film. If someone were to reboot it, it would be a cynical and exploitative exercise. I would hope that people would look at our
Shaun
enough to resist a reboot. Gary King (Pegg’s character in
The end of the world
), which was largely about my own alcoholism. A very personal film.

“And the thought of someone just stealing the title… I was always annoyed by Zack Snyder’s
Dawn of the Dead
Remake – it’s a great movie. It’s really exciting. But I hated the fact that they
Dawn of the Dead
because that was George (Romero’s) film. They could have
Deadly
that was a great line that one of the actors used in the film, and it would have been a great film anyway, but if you use a title just because people know it, it’s so disrespectful to the original.”



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Pegg not only rejected the idea of ​​a reboot, but also previously commented on Shaun of the Dead 2 shouldn’t happen. It’s clear that any attempt to capture the same magic in the bottle all these years later would be a huge challenge, whether Pegg reprises his role as Shaun or an entirely new creative team and actors reboot the story. Pegg and Frost are, after all, a major reason why Shaun of the Dead worked so well, and replacing them with new actors seems an impossible task.

A collage image of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead – created by Tom Russell

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However, it was not just the chemistry between Pegg and Frost that made the film so successful, but also the synergy between the two actors and Wright. Wright has a unique visual style and comedic flair as a director this also comes through in Hot Fuzz And The end of the world. Hiring a new director without these qualities would almost certainly result in a film that lacks the same spark, momentum and laughs.

The story in Shaun of the Dead could certainly be repeated, but the story of the film is only a small part of why the film worked so well. As reinforced by Hot Fuzz And The end of the world, Something electrifying happens when Wright, Pegg and Frost work togetherand that kind of chemistry would be impossible to recapture with a different director and different actors. Fortunately, there was no word about Shaun of the Dead Restart is in progress.

Source: THR


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