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Brit made good, Pegg film opens

Updated on 03 October 2008

By Stephanie West

He's British, but fashionable in Hollywood. Stephanie West talks to the comic actor Simon Pegg about his new film.

In his latest picture, How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, the actor Simon Pegg plays a man desperate to break into the movie industry.

The film is based on the memoirs of the British writer, Toby Young. But in real- life, Pegg is one of the British comic actors for whom Hollywood has an open-door policy. He's also down to play Scotty in the next Star Trek movie.

Extended interview: Simon Pegg

Watch Stephanie West's extended interview with Simon Pegg as he talks about his new film and what it was like to meet Steven Spielberg.

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