Exclusive: Andy Serkis And Simon Pegg Talk Burke And Hare
source: http://www.filmshaft.com/exclusive-andy-serkis-and-simon-pegg-talk-burke-and-hare/
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Our intrepid reporter, Al "Two Barrels" Simmons got to chat with Andy Serkis and Simon Pegg recently about their upcoming comedy, Burke and Hare, check out a slice of the interview below:
FS: So what drew you to these gruesome characters?
Pegg: Well… it was Mr. Landis for me. Not just for American Werewolf, which is one of my favourite films, but for his comedy work in terms of, you know: Trading Places and Animal House and Blues Brothers, The Three Amigos – which is an underrated film, but beloved by many people.
FS: Did you ever do “the salute” with him? (I am, of course, referring to the awesome Three Amigos salute)
Pegg: What the Dusty Bottoms *grunts and does a pelvic thrust* yeah! John hasn’t done a movie for a long time. He’s been workinging documentaries and television, but he’s become disenchanted with the way the film industry works in America. Some of the things he did were just tampered with beyond recognition, so he just thought “screw this” and left the film industry. Basically. Then he was in the mood for a feature, came over to England, met up with Barnaby Thomson at Ealing Studios, this script came up, he was just like “Hey, I could do this. This is more like what I’m used to doing” and I was on board straight away.
FS: So what drew you to these gruesome characters?
Pegg: Well… it was Mr. Landis for me. Not just for American Werewolf, which is one of my favourite films, but for his comedy work in terms of, you know: Trading Places and Animal House and Blues Brothers, The Three Amigos – which is an underrated film, but beloved by many people.
FS: Did you ever do “the salute” with him? (I am, of course, referring to the awesome Three Amigos salute)
Pegg: What the Dusty Bottoms *grunts and does a pelvic thrust* yeah! John hasn’t done a movie for a long time. He’s been workinging documentaries and television, but he’s become disenchanted with the way the film industry works in America. Some of the things he did were just tampered with beyond recognition, so he just thought “screw this” and left the film industry. Basically. Then he was in the mood for a feature, came over to England, met up with Barnaby Thomson at Ealing Studios, this script came up, he was just like “Hey, I could do this. This is more like what I’m used to doing” and I was on board straight away.
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