![]() ![]() – Ready Player One is released in UK cinemas on Wednesday. “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. Simon John Beckingham (born February 14, 1970) is an English actor, producer, comedian, and writer. 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. Pegg, last seen under layers of latex in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has co-written and returns as Scotty in Star Trek Beyond, out here on July 22.Simon Pegg has said Steven Spielberg is “creeped out” by his affection for the director. Spielberg is gearing up to kick off shooting in June. He'll join a cast that also includes Olivia Cooke as Sam, a Canadian blogger who goes by the handle Art3mis and Ben Mendelsohn as the story's major antagonist, corporate schemer Nolan Sorrento. The pair, who were once very close, parted ways after disagreements about the software's future direction, their feelings brought to the boil after they both fell in love with the same woman. Wade is pitted against powerful corporate foes and ruthless competitors who will do anything, in the Oasis (where his avatar is known as Parzival) and the real world, to reach the riches first.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Pegg will be Ogden Morrow, sort of the Steve Wozniak to Halliday's Jobs, who co-created the Oasis system with him. When the game's eccentric, Steve Jobs-style billionaire creator James Halliday dies, he offers up his fortune as the prize in an elaborate treasure hunt of easter eggs. The film, which adapts Ernie Cline's pop culture-stuffed bestseller, follows teenager Wade Watts ( Tye Sheridan), who likes to escape his dreary, dangerous real world by logging into Oasis, a globally networked virtual utopia where users lead idyllic alternate lives. 62 of 554 Ready Player One (2018) Simon Pegg in Ready Player One (2018) People Simon Pegg Titles Ready Player One Photo by Jaap Buitendijk - © 2016 Warner Bros. Yes, this would mark the fourth time (after Band Of Brothers, The Adventures Of Tintin and Spielberg's voice cameo in Paul that their paths have crossed, and Ready Player One feels like the ideal project to find Pegg in. Not content with conquering both of the big genre universes featuring "star" in the title, it looks like Simon Pegg will once more be working with Steven Spielberg, as the director has him in talks for Ready Player One. Currently you are able to watch 'Ready Player One' streaming on Max, Max Amazon Channel, DIRECTV, TNT, TBS or for free with ads on Tubi TV. ![]()
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