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

By Edward Owen /

The posters advertising the movie made it clear that Wright and his team weren€™t a one-trick referencing pony as the designs tended to include the aviator-clad Frost and Pegg in various poses mimicking a number of action classics. Targets included Bad Boys and Bad Boys 2 €“ which Wright and Pegg constantly cited as a huge influence and one of the their favourite films in their promotional tour €“ with Nick Angel (Pegg) adopting the poses of Will Smith while Danny Butterman (Frost) attempted to look like Martin Lawrence. A further film poster showing close-ups of the two lead€™s heads separated by a magnum was meant to resemble Clint Eastwood classic Magnum Force. Unsurprisingly, movie geeks everywhere picked up on the fact.