![]() He does however, still have an inkling for something quick. Even though the Jag’s fun, I just wasn’t using it as much, so I let it go.” “I did have a Jag – an XK – until recently, but I realised I was driving the Merc more. When you’re driving a manual on track, it’s fun to have that degree of control. I used to prefer manuals and then I realised that was me just being a bit of a control freak. I’ve finally let go of my control freakiness and allowed myself to have an automatic. He’s currently in a diesel Mercedes-Benz GL. I was a stand-up comedian at the time, and going up and down the country, it would get me right to the top of country quite easily. “I remember going to a scrapyard and hauling the seats out of a different Renault 5, and screwing them into mine. I drove one of those in LA for a while, and it’s just a bit like a spaceship I’ve actually always really liked the Audi R8, funnily enough. ![]() The Mini was my mum’s, which she gave to me, but the first car I bought was a Renault 5. I can’t remember if it was a Cooper or not. Where did it all start then – what was his first car? “My first car was a Mini – an old blue Mini. “It’s something I relish being able to do,” he tells TG. Yet Pegg doesn’t consider himself a massive petrolhead – “I’m a diesel-head at the moment” – but does enjoy driving. And I also love the fact the car’s been in more films than even Bruce Campbell!” The car that drives up to the Evil Dead shack – it’s a bit of an American classic. It’s in virtually every film he’s ever made. “The Oldsmobile from a lot of Sam Raimi’s movies. With the DeLorean taking centre stage in Ready Player One, Pegg cites a very particular movie car as his personal favourite. It’s not technically that impressive in terms of how it’s shot, but certainly how audacious it was to drive that car without getting any kind of permission to do so. That kind of stuff, because it’s really down and dirty. – Ready Player One is released in UK cinemas on Wednesday.“I remember when we made Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright was trying to channel The French Connection when me and Nick Frost were chasing Timothy Dalton and Jim Broadbent, sort of hammering on the dashboard and being really angry. “It’s important to be inclusive, of course it is.” “It’s important that things are diverse, the world is diverse and film has to be a reflection of the realities of the real world and if those realities are too exclusive then they’re not going to ring true,” he said. Pegg said he had not heard of inclusion riders, the contractual arrangement to ensure better representation of women and people of colour in film that was thrown into the spotlight by Frances McDormand’s Oscar acceptance speech, but he was interested by the idea. Pegg stars alongside Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke and Lena Waithe in the dystopian tale based on the Ernest Cline novel. “I love him, and I don’t say that lightly, I genuinely love him and I’m sure he’s creeped out by it to some respect because I try and hug him at times that are really inappropriate.” Pegg and Spielberg share an opportune hug (Ian West/PA) “He’s one of my favourite all time directors, someone I’ve admired since I was very young and to get to actually work with him is extraordinary,” he told the Press Association at a premiere for the film in Los Angeles. The British actor, 48, stars in the film-maker’s latest science fiction offering, Ready Player One. Simon Pegg has said Steven Spielberg is “creeped out” by his affection for the director.
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