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

By Edward Owen /

Danny gets a cornetto from the shop, providing a link between the otherwise-unrelated Shaun of the Dead. Wright€™s films €“ including the upcoming The World€™s End €“ are referred to as the Three Colours Cornetto trilogy, itself a reference to Krzysztof Kie›lowski's Three Colours film trilogy. It€™s thought the idea came around from Wright and Pegg€™s belief in a Cornetto being an effective hangover cure. In Hot Fuzz, the cornetto used is the original because its blue package represents the police. In Shaun of the Dead the Cornetto is strawberry in reference to the blood in a horror film and The World€™s End will feature mint-flavoured Cornettos, its green colour being a reference to the alien invaders.