Simon Pegg Interested In Watchmen
Posted by: on April 17, 2007 at 8:19 am
In a recent interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, Simon Pegg spoke about his interest in playing Rorschach in the upcoming Watchmen film:
Daniel Robert Epstein: I read that you turned down the role of Rorschach in
Watchmen because it would become too “Simon Pegg IS Rorschach.”
Simon Pegg: That is just so not true. I don’t even know what that means. I
floated that I’d like to play Rorschach because I think he’s a great
character. Also I’m ginger and funny looking. I think he’ll be fun to play.
It’s funny when you read those things because they get put out there as
fact. On the IMDB my agent keep taking off The Triviata as one of our
projects. That was a sitcom that Nick and I were working on about three
years ago. We shelved it because things really took off with the movies.
Someone keeps putting it back on there and it’s like, “No, I’m not doing it
anymore.” But the reason that is, is because some tabloid paper in the UK
broke it as if I said we were doing it but that just wasn’t true. It seems
like an odd story to make up.
DRE: But you didn’t turn down Rorschach flat.
Pegg: No, I was never offered it. I think when it was in the hands of Paul
Greengrass I had a better chance at maybe getting a casting because I know
Paul and would have put my case across. But now that it is with [300
director] Zack Snyder, he’s going to have his own choices, but I think he’d
be a fun guy to work with.
Click here for the full interview.
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