Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast - with Simon Pegg #32

In A Round Hole
Richard has just returned from Vienna, burdened with ice-cream disappointments and further worries about his wife's insensitive choice of cheese. But he's got a blinding guest to cheer him up, a man who has appeared in the triumvirate of sci-fi classics, but that won't mean anything until he's learned to jaunt, Simon Pegg.
They discuss what Tom Cruise is really like, the pressures of being a godfather to a superstar baby, playing pranks and throwing up on the set of Star Trek, what it's like working with your teenage film star crush, time-travel cock rings, Ben Dover's merchandise and Richard suggests a new sitcom which might provide an opening for the return of Spaced. It probably won't though. And Richard dares to ask Simon what he himself considers his worst film. There could be fireworks!
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[@ZX11CAN]

That was an hour?!! The time just slipped by watching this very natural laid back interview!

[@Vynterchilld]

Has to be one of the funniest RHLSTP episodes, Simon Pegg is hilarious. Hey Rich, you managed to get Pegg, Wright, Serafimowicz, etc. and I'm endlessly thankful for your great interviews, but what are the chances of you having the ever elusive Dylan Moran on your podcast? He never appears in anything of this kind, I swear if you got him on, you'd be my personal hero! Keep up the best of work, man, greetings from the Balkans :)

[@ghostdoomkilla]

The Square pegg bit reminded me of this classic "Bent Coppers. Ian Bent and Ian Coppers are both coppers. 1 of then is corrupt and other has curvature of the spine & they're made of copper" lool

[@DodderingOldMan]

Ha, what's that from?

[@riyuphoenix4533]

Love Simon pegg, such a humble guy. Hotfuzz is probably my favourite film ever.

[@sonnyjim6451]

I wish we could stay in the 90s forever.

[@stevewilldo3056]

Your comment is six years old and I endorse it wholeheartedly

[@themadplotter]

Asylum is fucking great, I used to drive my girlfriend nuts quoting that, she moved away shortly after. "I was a young man once, a flapper, a gadabout, a little johnny rooster. Full of the hopes and dreams of youth."

[@metalnickey6984]

Eugene Tooms🤣 brilliant

[@notthere83]

Awww, "Free Jimmy" was weird but imdb says that I rated it 8/10 many years ago. Only really took note of it because of Simon. What a shame to hear that he himself didn't enjoy it.

[@oktal3700]

Eugene Tooms was the scariest thing of my childhood.

[@ulture]

for me it was that one where they were trapped under chicken wire with the black oil coming out of people's eyes and mouths

[@The_Order_Of_William_Marshal]

Awww how did you know it was my Birthday, Richard? I guess you probably had it marked on your calendar! Very sweet of you.

[@jaxsjpg3225]

This along with James acaster David Mitchell, Romesh Ranganathan and Greg Davies is one of my favourites! Really natural and easy going conversation - less need for emergency questions and some deep conversation sprinkled in. I think the audience enjoyed it too!

[@elfboy29]

I click on one of these thinking I'll watch a few minutes and then it's 2am and thinking of my sickie excuse for tomorrow

[@leighparker9109]

Thanks a bunch for the video. :D

[@novus22]

cheers from canada! i'd love to see sean lock or claudia o'doherty interviewed

[@TheBassHeavy]

+Henry Sweet Yeah definitely, I didn't think of him!

[@kisbie]

Another 5 years later and Sean Lock has still yet to do RHLSTP. Nor Bill Bailey for that matter.

[@ozanyoung2909]

Enjoying Richard Herring's Slytherin Notebook! XD

[@OnChords]

11:29 "hello"

[@alexpreeve1608]

This is really good.

[@thomasreeves8371]

Not sure that I understand KZbin... how has this so few views??! Loving RHLSTP.... "RHLSTP!"

[@Fractometry]

It's an almost 3 year old episode, and this particular upload is from 5 months ago.

[@GranulatedStuff]

Still strangely low considering Simon's consirable fan base.

[@jeebuschabatty4455]

It’s quite funny that Toby Young has actually been proven correct in his covid / lockdown predictions.

[@TNJX]

Sapphire and Steel? The Tomorrow People? Of course we've heard of (and have watched) it. The thing about this internet is... it has stuff from before we were born. Amazing right!

[@speedrob]

Oh shit, Simon Pegg... this is going to be good... great stuff Richard getting him :-D Edit: Have you made it to your pledge for the new series?

[@SkitHertz]

The Sound Machine!

[@TheBHK1]

For the second week in a row I forgot that the Richard Bacon episode the last in the current series.

[@trevorfeelgood]

Simon's hair ?

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Well ? His business.

[@trevorfeelgood]

@@ripdbtpoo1441 my eyes

[@TheBassHeavy]

Brian Blessed is probably the only person you'll get a Bigfoot story from.

[@MontyCantsin5]

Because he has a seriously big foot?

[@JackJames2612]

Well done, you can see the future.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

1:24 Will a helping ham hand do?

[@DodderingOldMan]

55:56 Simon Pegg was 13 in 1983, not 23. Yes, I am a pedant.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Good for you. Long live (a reasonable amount of) pedantry.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

For instance Mr S.Pegg just used the (non - existent) word "elabority". I reckon a man of his intelligence should know better.* *Elaboration.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

He (S.P.) did get-more or less- "emollient" a few minutes later. Excellent word.

[@jkjerome1]

this is an old one isn't it? Either that or I have developed clairvoyant powers

[@leaper1981]

Oh dear, sounds like Simon Pegg is a "'suppressive person" good luck talking to Tom 😂

[@DanielJHS]

What do they shout at the start again?

[@Benlamb1988]

TMWRNJ might be being released? update please!

[@richardwiggins7303]

This was dropped - nothing to do with Herring or GFS.

[@MrBoBoTom]

The Clone Wars series is loved. Worry not.

[@madderhat5852]

I've never seen Spaced.

[@howtocuredyslexia]

i'm a time traveller not a burglar

[@hutspah71]

Haven't watched it yet but "NNNGGGGG!" ""EEEEERRRR!" and "OOOOHHH! BUT BUT BUT!!" Just getting in early. Let the Crap Wars commence!

[@myaphextwin807]

Simon Pegg has become sooooo pretentious. Shame 😞

[@chrisofnottingham]

Richard Herring has let himself go.

[@ripdbtpoo1441]

Hey, if his wife doesn't mind...