{"id":967,"date":"2007-09-07T18:43:37","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T17:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/archives\/2007\/09\/07\/run-fat-boy-run-interview-special\/"},"modified":"2007-09-07T18:43:37","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T17:43:37","slug":"run-fat-boy-run-interview-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2007\/09\/07\/run-fat-boy-run-interview-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Run, Fat Boy, Run – Interview Special"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/a><\/a>The new comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run<\/strong> is out at UK cinemas this week and I spoke with the cast and director about the film.<\/p>\n

\"SimonSimon Pegg<\/a><\/strong> plays Dennis, a man who inexplicably dumps his bride to be at the altar and then spends the next few years regretting it.<\/p>\n

Since becoming noticed in TV shows like Spaced<\/a>, Simon has become one of the UK’s biggest comedy stars with roles in Shaun of the Dead<\/a> and Hot Fuzz<\/a> (both of which he co-wrote).<\/p>\n

We spoke about how he re-wrote the script for this film, the differences between US and UK comedy, whether there will be a Spaced movie and his future plans for collaborating with Nick Frost<\/a> and Edgar Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ThandieThandie Newton<\/a><\/strong> plays Libby in the film, the bride who who cruelly jilted on her wedding day.<\/p>\n

She then hooks up with a rich American (Hank Azaria<\/a>) who runs marathons and becomes a rival to Dennis when the latter tries to win her back.<\/p>\n

In recent years she has been in films such as Crash<\/a> (for which she won a BAFTA in 2006<\/a>), The Pursuit of Happyness<\/a> (with Will Smith) and Mission Impossible II<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We spoke about her role, the British film industry and how she got into acting at a young age.<\/p>\n

\"DylanDylan Moran<\/a><\/strong> plays Dennis’ best friend Gordon, who sort of acts as his conscience in the film (albeit a lazy one).<\/p>\n

He also has the difficult taske of getting his overweight and slobbish friend fit for running in a marathon<\/p>\n

He started off in Ireland as a comedian and found mainstream fame in the UK with his memorable lead role in the excellent Channel 4 series Black Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We spoke about his role in the film, his comedy background in Ireland and his thoughts of the Irish film industry.<\/p>\n

\"DavidDavid Schwimmer<\/a><\/strong> is the director of the film and although famous for his role as Ross in Friends<\/a>, he does have a background in directing that stretches back to his days in the theatre.<\/p>\n

He also directed several episodes of Friends and in recent times has acted alongside Larry David<\/a> in Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We spoke about how the film was relocated from America to thr UK, the business of filming on location in London during the winter and a few other things beside.<\/p>\n

Listen to the interview podcast here:<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/podcast\/get.php?fla=podcast-2007-09-07-69868.MP3]\n

To subscribe to the Interview Podcast via iTunes just click the image below:<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

> Download the interviews as an MP3 file<\/a>
\n> Check out the official website<\/a>
\n> IMDb entry for Run, Fat Boy, Run<\/a><\/p>\n

Run, Fat Boy, Run <\/strong>is out at UK cinemas now<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run is out at UK cinemas this week and I spoke with the cast and director about the film. Simon Pegg plays Dennis, a man who inexplicably dumps his bride to be at the altar and then spends the next few years regretting it. Since becoming noticed in TV […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,19,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}