When it was announced that Hot Fuzz co-stars Pegg and Frost were to play a set of twins, more than a few eyebrows were raised, largely because they look nothing bloody like each other. However, now that Spielberg has fully explained the method behind his mo-cap, and Shaun of the Dead’s Wright has been confirmed to write,  it’s looking like a masterstroke!

Pegg for one was blown away by the technology. “You can actually see yourself as your character on the monitor,” he told Collider earlier this year. “Even though it’s nowhere near as brilliant as it’s going to be in the finished thing, it’s still like a very good N64 game of yourself!”

Working with Spielberg was also a buzz, with Pegg revealing the director’s hands-on nature where his cast are concerned. “I had to do some rough-housing on the floor,” he said, “and Steven got down and demonstrated, literally grabbed me by the lapels and banged me up and down on the floor. I’ve never been so happy to have been beaten up in my life.”

As mentioned before, the twins will likely provide a lot of the comic relief. “They’re two undercover detectives, who think they’re the bollocks,” says Pegg, “but they’re actually bumbling fools, and they always get it wrong. They’re great, fun characters to play.”