Posted on 28/03/08
Yesterday, Britcoms. Today, Hollywood. Tomorrow, space ...
Only Britain could make a leading man out of Simon Pegg. The rest of us are just grateful.Short, crinkly-faced, ginger-haired and prone to adorable lumpiness, Pegg is more a Jack Black type (except he's a far better, far funnier actor) than a Will Smith type (ditto). Had he been raised in the Hollywood system, Pegg would be stuck playing the forlorn best friend in romantic comedies, or the nerdy guy in monster movies who gets eaten first.
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