Edgar Wright: The Definitive Guide To Homages, Influences And References

By Edward Owen /

The scene where Shaun runs into Yvonne and her group of mirror images to our protagonists works as a giant in-joke for Wright. The opposite gang is headed by Pegg€™s co-star and fellow Spaced alumnus Jessica Hynes and features star actors from huge comedies of the time, such as The Office€™s Martin Freeman, Black Books€™ Tamsin Greig, Little Britain€™s Matt Lucas, The League of Gentlemen€™s Reece Shearsmith and Julia Deacon from Spaced. The apparent implication is that Yvonne€™s the main character in another film with a bigger budget. An alternate reading of the scene is that it€™s an indirect homage to Resident Evil, where a male and a female character fight zombies in divergent storylines before meeting up on occasions. Either way, it€™s a thought-provoker.