tagged w/ 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.Our intrepid reporter, Al "Two Barrels" Simmons got to chat with Andy Serkis... more
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The comedy movie, Burke and Hare’s official poster has been released. The poster shows Burk (Simon Pegg) and Hare (Andy Serkis) getting hold of a deadThe comedy movie, Burke and Hare’s official poster has been released. The poster... more
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Back in August, the news broke(http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/08/23/simon-pegg-cast-in-john-landis-new-film-burke-and-hare/) that Simon Pegg would be taking on a lead role in John Landis' forthcoming feature project Burke and Hare, the true story of Irish immigrants William Burke and William Hare, who murdered and sold the corpses of their 17 victims to the Edinburgh Medical College for dissection. Though there was some uncertainty as to whether Pegg was locked into the picture, it has since been confirmed that Pegg will indeed taking on the role of Burke, and now(http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17658) Bloody Disgusting reports that David Tennant (of BBC's "Doctor Who") will be filling in as Hare. Sounds like the perfect return to the big screen for Landis.Back in August, the news... more
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