I think that the joke and the ghost story both have a similar set up in that you kind of set something up and pay it off with a laugh or a scare. Simon Pegg Read Quote
The main jokes in this film are about big things, love and life and zombies – we all get that. Simon Pegg Read Quote
We don’t watch the film anymore because we’ve seen it so many times, so we’ll introduce it, walk out and we’ll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything’s changed. Simon Pegg Read Quote
I mean, yeah, I’m sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don’t think it’s all that different than the American sense of humor. Simon Pegg Read Quote
There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn’t even notice, that the British wouldn’t even notice, let alone the American audience. Simon Pegg Read Quote
Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, to give them something which is entirely up to them to enter into the film and find these hidden things and whatever. Simon Pegg Read Quote
Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won’t get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn’t until the second act. Simon Pegg Read Quote
