In Star Wars: Pegg briefly "appeared" in The Force Awakens underneath layers of costume and make-up, playing Unkar Plutt, the stingy junkyard dealer who takes a particular interest in BB-8. Given Pegg's previous work with director J.J. Abrams on both Mission: Impossible and Star Trek, he was lucky enough to bag himself a role. The New Movie: Pegg will again reprise his role of Lieutenant Commander "Scotty" in the new Justin Lin-directed Trek movie, and in addition has also co-written the film. It remains to be seen whether or not Lin can pick up aptly where J.J. Abrams left off, but with the film's first trailer appearing to promise a more comical tone this time around, it seems that Beyond might be training its focus a little closer to the original TV series. This could be good or bad: time will tell.
Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible (against the missus' wishes).
General video game, TV and film nut. Occasional sports fan. Full time loon.
