I’ll bet any money that at least 90% of the people reading this have seen Shaun of the Dead. I’ll bet any money that at least 80% of them have seen Hot Fuzz. And I’ll bet any money that 100% of those who have seen them loved them.
Yes, nowadays, Shaun and Fuzz are considered modern classics. What’s not to love? The excellent writing, the funny performances, the indescribably funny gags… But it didn’t start here. Oh no, before they were movie stars, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, along with director Edgar Wright, were famous for something else entirely...