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Hot Fuzz stars swap red carpet for blue
This is London14 Feb 2007
The stars of police comedy movie Hot Fuzz swapped the traditional red carpet for blue at the film's world premiere.
Behind a fleet of police motorcycles, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who rose to fame in cult TV series Spaced and the film Shaun of the Dead, were joined in Leicester Square by director Edgar Wright, who co-wrote the film with Pegg.
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Fellow cast members Timothy Dalton, Paddy Considine and Edward Woodward also attended.
In the film, London's finest police officer Nicholas Angel (played by Pegg) is sent to a sleepy West Country village, where he is partnered with oafish Danny Butterman (Frost).
But all is not as it seems in this supposedly crime-free part of England. Pegg said at the premiere: "It's about a hotshot cop who goes down to the countryside and gets embroiled in a whole lot of heck."
He added: "We just write comedy as best we can. The inspiration for the film came from a lot of action movies, a lot of films we've grown up with, but when it comes to jokes you've just got to kind of feel it."
When asked tonight about his comedy partnership with Pegg, Frost said: "We've been friends for fifteen years and we have a wonderful unspoken bond, I guess, and it transfers to the screen. We love each other and we love working together."
He added that the film is "a two hour romp. Who doesn't like a romp?".
Alongside Pegg and Frost, the film's impressive cast includes Jim Broadbent, Steve Coogan, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy and Paul Freeman.
Celebrities at tonight's premiere also included Extras star Stephen Merchant, The Mighty Boosh comedy duo Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, TV illusionist Derren Brown and comedian and actor Keith Allen.
Reader views (3)
Saw it last night and I'm not fully convinced, I've been a fan of Pegg and Frost since Spaced but although the Fuzz is good, it's not great, I prefer Sean of the Dead. Saying that, I have a feeling it's going to grow on me with a few more screenings.
It does have to be said that the murders are flat out hilarious.
- Lloyd, London, 15/02/2007 09:39
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HOT FUZZ is a great laugh-out-loud comedy because - unlike its slapstick American counterparts like LOADED WEAPON and NAKED GUN - it's witty, clever and very affectionate.
You'll probably need to see it twice to get all the gags. They come faster than a car chase. The plot takes some scary, splattery and unexpectedly serious turns now and then. And the shoot-em-up climax comes across like MIDSOMER MURDERS re-edited in the style of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3.
As in SHAUN OF THE DEAD (FUZZ might be funnier, it's a toss-up) Pegg and Frost make a glorious comedy partnership. More please.
- John Donnelly, London, England, 14/02/2007 20:17
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Loved it. Loved it. Loverd it!
I'm so glad that the humour I first witnessed in "Spaced" some years ago has continued and now promoted to the Silver screen. The style of humour and on sreen chemistry between Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is comedy gold, and I thank them for it. Throw in a great cast from Timothy Dalton to Adam Buxton, fine directing from Edgar Wright and ... well, very, very funny jokes, Hot Fuzz becomes a highly enjoyable comedy movie. A step up (for me) from Shaun of the Dead, and I hope to see more from Simon and Nick in the future.
- Sion, London, 14/02/2007 14:09
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