Simon Pegg is the man. There, I said it. Simon Pegg has played Shaun in Shaun of the Dead, he played Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz, and is getting ready to play Scotty in JJ Abrams Star Trek, but why can't he draw a crowd?
Everyone knows who Simon Pegg is, or has at least heard of one of his movies. His most recent endeavor, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People did only $1.3 million it's first weekend which didn't even break the top ten. The previous movie, Run Fat Boy Run, only made $6 million. So, the question is, why can't a hugely talented and lovable actor such as Simon Pegg make any money?
Is it the looks? The British accent? Ahh, it's the nice-guy persona. Or is it the movies he stars in? Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were very good movies, but I’m not so sure about the rest. The studios seemed to put a fair bit of marketing in them, so it wasn’t due to studio support.
Would you go see a Simon Pegg movie?
Everyone knows who Simon Pegg is, or has at least heard of one of his movies. His most recent endeavor, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People did only $1.3 million it's first weekend which didn't even break the top ten. The previous movie, Run Fat Boy Run, only made $6 million. So, the question is, why can't a hugely talented and lovable actor such as Simon Pegg make any money?
Is it the looks? The British accent? Ahh, it's the nice-guy persona. Or is it the movies he stars in? Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz were very good movies, but I’m not so sure about the rest. The studios seemed to put a fair bit of marketing in them, so it wasn’t due to studio support.
Would you go see a Simon Pegg movie?
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