Shaun of the Dead is one of the most beloved cult classics of the 2000s, but star and co-writer Simon Pegg thinks the film shouldn't be dragged out of the grave.
Speaking to The Guardian to promote Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, the actor said that he wants to make another film with director Edgar Wright, but they have no interest in doing a sequel to any previous project.
"If I ever do an Instagram Live or whatever, people are always like, 'I need Shaun of the Dead 2 in my life'," he said.
"And I'm like, 'No, you don’t f**king need Shaun of the Dead 2! The last thing you need is Shaun of the Dead 2! It's done. Move on!'"
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Going beyond that, Pegg thinks that the desire for the comfort of nostalgia in our media is a bad thing for society as a whole, stating: "This culture of infantilised adulthood, all these grown-ass men arguing about f**king superheroes online, and meanwhile the world is falling apart in so many different ways.
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"And that’s why we will all go to hell. Because no one will grow the f**k up any more. Everybody's so plugged into being a child, you know?"
The actor himself, formerly a poster child for geeks in Hollywood, has explained that he doesn't really think of himself as one anymore.
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"I've aged out of a lot of what people assume I’m about," he said.
"I don't feel like I'm that geeky guy any more, particularly. I don't have the same interests I had when I was 35 or 40 even. I'd much rather watch Succession than some sci-fi."
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is released in UK cinemas on July 11 and in US cinemas on July 12.
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