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

shaun of the dead other cast 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.
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