Simon Pegg used fake cigarettes on the set of his new film so he could make his voice sound more evil. The Shaun of the Dead star, who is best known for comedy roles, plays a man imprisoned in a bunker by the late father of Lily Collins’ character in new thriller Inheritance, and director Vaughn Stein admits he was impressed by the way Pegg became the creepy character, Morgan Warner. “The physical transformation that Simon went through for the role was astonishing,” the filmmaker says. “We talked about having that sort of prison body, that sort of prison yard workout.
It was great to create a character with Simon that you haven’t seen him do before and to bring it to life in a way, to be that ripped was amazing.