Simon Pegg: I ‘creep out’ hero Steven Spielberg
The British actor stars in Ready Player One.
Simon Pegg has said Steven Spielberg is “creeped out” by his affection for the director.
The British actor, 48, stars in the film-maker’s latest science fiction offering, Ready Player One.
“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.
Pegg stars alongside Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke and Lena Waithe in the dystopian tale based on the Ernest Cline novel.
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.
“It’s important to be inclusive, of course it is.”
– Ready Player One is released in UK cinemas on Wednesday.
