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The Guardian | Comedian Pegg lands Mission: Impossible role

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Comedian Pegg lands Mission: Impossible role

Wow. I was more familiar with him playing hilarious roles in surreal British comedies like Spaced and Black Books, but I suppose his success with Shaun Of The Dead has spurred him onto this role as Tom Cruise’s sidekick in Mission Impossible 3! I wonder how funny his character will be…Surely there’ll be some humour. Although I have just read on his wikipedia page that Pegg appeared in the Very Serious War Drama “Band Of Brothers”, so maybe his talents are more widely spread than I give him credit for.

Interesting statistic from the article:

Shaun of the Dead had a total budget of $4m (£2.28m). Mission: Impossible 3’s is put at $135m.