HOT FUZZ was released 18 years ago today. The second entry in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy and one of the most beloved British comedies this century, the tale of how it was made is like firing two guns whilst jumping through the air… 1/46 - ThreadSky

alltherightmovies.com • 7 days ago

HOT FUZZ was released 18 years ago today. The second entry in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy and one of the most beloved British comedies this century, the tale of how it was made is like firing two guns whilst jumping through the air…

1/46

1 / 4

Comments

alltherightmovies.com•7 days ago

After the huge success of Shaun of the Dead in 2004, production company StudioCanal gave its director/co-writer Edgar Wright and star/co-writer Simon Pegg pretty much free rein to do what they wanted for a follow-up.

2/46

alltherightmovies.com•7 days ago

With a mutual love of classic action movies, and seeing a gap in the market for a great British cop film, Wright and Pegg set to work. Watching 138 police movies along the way, they spent 18 months writing a comedy-cop-action film, ultimately calling it Hot Fuzz.

3/46

alltherightmovies.com•7 days ago

With the script greenlit immediately, the duo set about working on the cast. Pegg was the obvious choice as lead character – a PC transferred from London to Sandford called Nicholas Angel.

4/46

alltherightmovies.com•7 days ago

Pegg had never made an action flick before. He spent 4 weeks on an intensive fitness regime, as well as carrying out weapons training. He was also proud of the fact he learned how to skid a bicycle properly along the way.

5/46

alltherightmovies.com•7 days ago

Nick Frost was back as Pegg’s screen sidekick, playing the buddy cop movie-loving PC Danny Butterman. Frost agreed to appear in the film on the condition he could name his character himself. Wright gave him a list of 20 action films to watch. He watched one – Bad Boys II.

6/46

alltherightmovies.com•7 days ago

The role of chief antagonist Simon Skinner was written for Timothy Dalton, so Wright and Pegg were delighted when he agreed to appear in the film. At the first read-through, Pegg and Wright shared a thumbs up when they realised Dalton was as perfect as they hoped.

7/46

thunderpob.bsky.social•6 days ago

I truly believe this film rivals Paddington 2 as the best british film of recent times

stvp.bsky.social•7 days ago

Outstanding!!

phatboyron.bsky.social•6 days ago

For the greater good

shadowspawn.bsky.social•7 days ago

A British comedy? How’s that possible?

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply