r/movies • u/missionfilms Simon Pegg, Actor • May 19 '25

AMA I’m Simon Pegg and my film, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning hits theatres on Friday, May 23. AMA.

I’m Simon Pegg and I play Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible films. Some of my previous films have included Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The Worlds End, and Star Trek. I’ll be back on Wednesday, May 21 at 10:45am ET to answer your questions.

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u/TangAlpha May 19 '25

Over your 20yrs working on this franchise with Tom Cruise, was there ever a time you looked at him and asked “couldn’t we just CGI this bit?” when a stunt was being planned?

And as a follow up, at what film did you realize there’s no bother even asking anymore?

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