When she left, I ran out after her to say, ‘It was lovely to meet you.’ She wrote something on a bit of paper to me: ‘You’re a dickhead, but I love you.’”įrost and Pegg spent much of their time at The Shepherds talking about how they would survive an undead apocalypse. It must have been so uncomfortable for her, just to have me look at her for two hours. “One day, she just came in and did the pub quiz,” he says. I found out later that because of a particular scene in Spaced they had done where his character had masturbated to Scully, he was worried I would be upset about it.” Frost was stunned to find himself in the actress’ company. I’m not sure I spoke that much to Simon that night. I felt a little bit like an interloper, because they’d all known each other for a very long time. “I met Simon there for the first time,” says Anderson. One Thursday, Martin brought along Dana Scully herself, Gillian Anderson – the remote object of Pegg and Frost’s affection when they had first lived together. Shaun (Simon Pegg) leads a band of survivors in Shaun of the Dead, a film Clark Collis explores in You’ve Got Red on You. I don’t drink, really, but I loved him enough to show up in a pub all the time.” I always felt this guy had something so magical. “I’d seen Simon open for Steve Coogan before I knew him. “Simon and I met at a concert Maureen was working at,” says Martin. Pegg’s music publicist girlfriend Maureen McCann had introduced him to Martin, and the pair developed a firm and lasting friendship: the actor later became the godfather of Martin and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow’s child Apple, and the singer returned the favour after Pegg and McCann married and had their own daughter, Matilda. The Shepherds held a quiz on Thursday nights that Pegg and Frost started to attend, and Pegg began inviting his friends, including Spaced cast member Peter Serafinowicz and Coldplay singer Chris Martin. Other entertainment industry notables were drawn to the pub. “To say we were regulars would be an understatement,” says Pegg. “One was this elderly blonde lady who Nick said was an ex-stripper, and her stripper name was ‘Fried Gold.’” Frost and Pegg rapidly made The Shepherds their home away from home. “We had all these different names for the regulars, until we actually got to know them,” says Pegg. When Pegg and Frost first started visiting The Shepherds, Frost would entertain his friend by dreaming up backstories and nicknames for the other drinkers. A lovely couple, John and Bernie, were the landlord and lady.” It was a sticky-carpeted old man’s pub that had a really eclectic clientele. The former couple still hangs out together, even though the stars have both moved on to other lovers, and Gwyneth was spotted cheering on her ex as he performed with Coldplay at the Super Bowl half-time show earlier this month (Feb16).“It was on the corner of Shepherd’s Hill and Archway Road,” says Simon Pegg, “within two minutes’ walking distance of mine and Nick Frost’s house. I see it as more like you meet someone, you have some time together and things just move through." ![]() I don't think about that word very often. "I have a very wonderful separation-divorce," the rocker recently told Rolling Stone. The stars were divorced last year (15), but remain the best of friends. ![]() "It was flattering that people were interested, but, at the same time, deeply disturbing that people would make s**t up or follow them around."Ĭhris wed Gwyneth in December, 2003, but the marriage only lasted a decade and the couple split in 2014. "Whereas I think Chris found it extremely confusing. "Gwyneth had been in the limelight for a long time, so she was much better at handling it," Pegg told Rolling Stone. ![]() The funnyman, who has been friends with the singer since 2000 and is godfather to his daughter Apple, was part of the rock star's inner circle when he first started dating Oscar winner Gwyneth, and he recalls just how "confused" his mate was as his love life started making headlines.
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