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Nerd do well
Pegg, Simon, 1970-2011
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From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars, his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a local boy made good. From a filthy flat in Tufnell Park to the starship Enterprise, it's fair to say that Simon Pegg's career didn't go quite the way he expected. Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, a warp engine beyond the final frontier: Simon Pegg has been ploughing some bizarre furrows in recent times. Having blasted onto the small screens with his now legendary sitcom Spaced, his rise to the status of the nation's favourite son has been mercurial, meteoric, megatronnic, but mostly just plain great.From his childhood (and subsequently adult) obsession with Star Wars, his often passionate friendship with Nick Frost, and his forays into stand-up which began with his regular Monday morning slot in front of his 12-year-old classmates, this is a joyous tale of a homegrown superstar and a local boy made good.CONTENT WARNING: This book features discussion of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, a film which some readers may find distressing.
Main title:
Nerd do well / Simon Pegg.
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Work:
Imprint:
London : Arrow, 2011.
Collation:
viii, 359 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Century, 2010.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780099551553 (pbk)
Dewey class:
791.43028092791.4302
LC class:
PN2598
Language:
English
Subject:
Pegg, Simon, 1970-Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- BiographyTelevision actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- BiographyBiographyBiography & non-fiction proseTelevisionAutobiography: arts & entertainmentIndividual actors & performersHumourFilms, cinemaBiography: arts & entertainment
BRN:
103761