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The Rings of Power season 3 trailer arrives as Simon Pegg joins cast

The Rings of Power season 3 trailer arrives as Simon Pegg joins cast

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Rings of Power season 3 trailer has been unveiled, revealing a number of new cast members joining the fantasy series. Following the previously announced casting of Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn, the Elf Lord and missing husband of Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), Simon Pegg joins as the voice of the Balrog, a hulking magma monster that helps Sauron forge the One Ring. The teaser trailer has hinted at the impending doom awaiting the heroes and warriors of Middle-earth, with Sauron’s voice heard saying: “Now, is the mighty hour as come”, before cutting to Galadriel as she dances with Celeborn. In another part of the trailer, an orc tells Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova) that the Dark Lord “is on the brink of crafting … one ring to rule them all”, something the warriors of Middle-earth have long feared. The trailer also offers a closer look at the previously announced Eddie Marsan as Thrain of Dwarven royalty, Andrew Richardson as Anarion, a king of Gondor, Zubin Varla as a Ringwraith, and Adam Young as an original character …

Simon Pegg explains how The Undeclared War filmed 10-minute one-shot

Simon Pegg explains how The Undeclared War filmed 10-minute one-shot

Published by Daniella Wilson

The first season of The Undeclared War ended on a major cliffhanger, so there was a lot to tie up in the opening moments of season 2. Episode 1 of the new run does this in gripping fashion, by presenting fans with a 10-minute one-shot sequence following Simon Pegg’s Danny as he fights fires in all sorts of places, moving around GCHQ as he does so. While exclusively speaking with Radio Times about this sequence, Pegg and his co-star Hannah Khalique-Brown, who plays Saara, broke down the experience of filming the impressive opener. Khalique-Brown said: “We open with this amazing one-shot that goes on for about 10 minutes. We rehearsed for a few days where there are no camera cuts, so it’s a lot of moving parts. It’s a great opener.” “It took us two days to shoot,” Pegg confirmed. “We got it on the first day, but we did another couple on the second.” “We didn’t do too many takes,” Khalique-Brown added. “I think maybe we did seven takes or so. We rehearsed it …

The Undeclared War cast | Simon Pegg and Siân Brooke star

The Undeclared War cast | Simon Pegg and Siân Brooke star

Published by Daniella Wilson

There have been some major switch ups in the cast of Channel 4 drama The Undeclared War, which is returning for its second season four years after the first aired. While Simon Pegg, Hannah Khalique-Brown and Alex Jennings have returned, there are some notable absences this time around, with the likes of Adrian Lester and Mark Rylance no longer in the cast. In their place, a host of newcomers have joined, with Danny Sapani and Chloe Pirrie in crucial new roles, while most prominent is Siân Brooke. Brooke plays the wife of Pegg’s character Danny, with this season seeing Danny hunting a mole inside GCHQ, after the devastating cyber attacks seen in season 1. But who else stars in season 2 and who do they all play? Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of The Undeclared War. Who’s in the cast of The Undeclared War? Full list of characters in season 2 The main cast for The Undeclared War is as follows. Scroll on to find out more about the …

Lost debate revived by Simon Pegg after claims about TV show’s ending

Lost debate revived by Simon Pegg after claims about TV show’s ending

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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Simon Pegg has fanned the flames of controversy among the Lost fandom by appearing to misunderstand the US drama’s divisive ending. The Shaun of the Dead and Mission: Impossible actor was a big fan of the hit show, but wasn’t a fan of the final episode. During an appearance on Dish podcast, Pegg was asked: “If you could rewrite the end of a film or TV series, what would you choose, and how would you rewrite it?” Simon Pegg loved ‘Lost’ – but misunderstood the ending (Getty Images) He quickly responded: “I would rewrite the end of Lost, and I’ll tell you why. I loved Lost. In fact, when JJ Abrams called me about Mission: Impossible III, he had just finished the first season of Lost, and he sent me the whole season on individual DVDs, before it was on TV, …

Simon Pegg talks return of popular thriller after 4 years, Mission: Impossible future, and plans with Slow Horses favourite

Simon Pegg talks return of popular thriller after 4 years, Mission: Impossible future, and plans with Slow Horses favourite

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This article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Simon Pegg, 56, graduated from the cult sitcom Spaced to the “Cornetto trilogy” movies he co-wrote with director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End) before finding Hollywood fame in the Mission: Impossible franchise, and as Scotty in JJ Abrams’s big-screen Star Trek reboot. In the Channel 4 thriller The Undeclared War – back for a second series after a four-year break – he plays Danny Patrick, the GCHQ head of operations tasked with keeping Britain safe from cyber attacks. The Undeclared War is a scarily topical glimpse into the world of cyber espionage. Do you sleep a bit less easy since making it? It is kind of terrifying. We’ve basically been fighting the Third World War since the internet happened. There’s this whole other front line that’s in constant movement. The fact is, we’ve become so reliant on the internet that if someone flipped a switch and it went down, millions of people would die. Want to see this content? This …

Simon Pegg says unlikely friendship with Tom Cruise helped him navigate fame

Simon Pegg says unlikely friendship with Tom Cruise helped him navigate fame

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Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg has said his unlikely friendship with Hollywood legend Tom Cruise has helped him navigate fame’s impact on his private life. The actors, 56 and 64, met on the set of the Mission: Impossible films, in which Pegg starred as the agent Benji Dunn alongside Cruise as Ethan Hunt. “I’ve been able to hack my way through all the bizarre mythology that surrounds him — I like being normal with him,” Pegg told The Times of his bond with the star, who’s one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Pegg, who has opted to live “in the middle of nowhere” since gaining notoriety, said he’s learnt from Cruise how to be pleasant and kind when strangers approach him in public. “I mean, he’s not able to go anywhere!” Pegg said of Cruise. “But when he does, …