Simon Pegg has been interviewed in SFX Magazine about the new Star Trek movie, his new film Paul and, of course, Tintin.

You’re dressed in what looks like a bizarre scuba-diving outfit with a helmet on, with a camera and a light pointed at your face the whole time. And you’ve got dots all over your face! So me, Nick [Frost], Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig were all doing scenes together, taking it very seriously – although it’s a light-hearted adventure, you have to take it seriously – and we just looked ridiculous. We were in this massive grey space called The Volume that represents an area of the studio that can be rendered digitally. Once you enter The Volume you see yourself on the monitor as your character. ….

And Peter Jackson was directing us on iChat, from New Zealand, so Steven would come out and go “Great… Now try it this way” and then you’d hear this other voice go “Hello guys, it’s Peter!” And he’d be coming over the tannoy like God….

… It’s so funny to talk to [Spielberg] about that, and ET and Raiders… to have that level of access to someone of whom I’m such a huge fan is such a privilege. Nick and I left the room that day and jumped up and down in the corridor. We couldn’t believe that we’d had this talk.

Read the rest: Simon Pegg Exclusive

Nick Frost (Thompson or possibly Thomson) is intervied in today’s Observer about his new film The Boat That Rocked and about filming Tintin.

Nick finds acting difficult because he doesn’t have the back-up of training. On the Tintin film, the script kept changing, to such an extent that he and Simon were sometimes handed their words just minutes before they went on. “I need a week to really get a scene into my head. And you’ve got Steven Spielberg and Kathy Kennedy, who’s the most powerful woman in Hollywood, and Peter Jackson, who’s co-directing from New Zealand using iChat! It was the most stressful thing I’ve ever done. Having said that, Spielberg was amazing. Sometimes he’d run on at the end of a scene and do a little dance and punch the air.”

From – The interview: Nick Frost

In the latest episode of The Simpsons (In the Name of the Grandfather), there is Tintin reference when Homer takes his Dad to Belgium. I’ve not seen the episode or been able to find the clip online but I did find this screen grab thanks to CloudyBrussels.

This is not the first Tintin reference on The Simpsons. In Husbands and Knives (a comic book special featuring Alan “Watchman” Moore amongst others) Lisa’s accidently rips a Tintin album. There is further chatter about this on Tintinologist.

From: He’s a Journalist, Still.

One dedicated Tintin fan has started a Channel on Youtube (basically a collection of videos) all about Herge. I’ve only had a quick look so far but it seems that most are interviews with or programs about Herge and Tintin.

Check it out: Quiestce88

Source: Tintin on YouTube

There is a great write-up and interview with Nick Frost (Thompson or possibly Thomson). It is rare to see Nick Frost getting the solo attention he deserves.

Frost does not give the impression he was desperate to stop waiting tables and has described himself as a “world-class waiter”. He quit his restaurant job only in his late twenties and even returned for a brief stint after spending all the £9,000 fee he received for the first series of Spaced, the Channel 4 comedy series that became a cult hit and marked the start of his and Pegg’s change of fortunes.

“I blew the lot in six weeks,” he recalls. “I came out of a drink-fuelled haze and found myself mopping up the floor and setting tables in another restaurant. I was paid £1.80 an hour — these were the days before a minimum wage — plus tips.”

From: On the Move: Nick Frost

Seeing this opening sequence from the Tintin cartoon series made me wonder about what the opening titles of the Tintin movie will look like. I wonder if it will be good enough to get on Art of the Title?

Remember a few days ago I posted about the comic wirter Lucy Knisley? This morning she posted this great picture of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Shaun of the Dead. Frost and Pegg are going to be playing the Thompson twins in the Tintin Movie and I hope we will see a suitable portrait of them in 2011.

Update: Just spotted this other Simon Pegg reference in Lucy’s comics. I think she might have a thing for him.

I have no further information on this other than the photo.

Found on: Lola – Bits & Pieces

Update: Regular reader Pe-Ads pointed out this resource about Tintin Board Games which contains more info on the game above plus several other games.

As a young Georges Remi sleeps, he dreams of Tintin.

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