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TIL When Simon Pegg was asked by a journalist whether England had not become too small for him after the worldwide success of Shaun of the Dead, he replied “It’s not like I’m going to be starring in Mission: Impossible 3.” Six months later, he was cast in Mission Impossible 3.

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