Mark is joined by actor Simon Pegg, who talks about his role in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, and reflects on his career from Spaced and the Cornetto Trilogy all the way to Hollywood.

This episode of Kermode On Film was recorded live at the BFI Southbank on 9 June 2025, and was the second half of that date's Mark Kermode Live in 3D show.

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Films and shows mentioned in this episode:

Mission: Impossible
Spaced
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
The World's end
Meantime
Syd & Nancy
City of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Star Trek
Spaced
Star Wars
Guest House Paradiso
The Young Ones
Doctor Who

People mentioned in this episode:

Eddie Hamilton
Tom Cruise
Mike Leigh
Gary Oldman
Nick Frost
Lucio Fulci
Edgar Wright
Rich Fulcher
Jessica Hynes
Leonard Nimoy
Peter Mayhew
Joonas Viljami Suotamo
Rick Mayall
Ade Edmondson

The opening title sequence of Kermode on Film features quotes from:

Mary Poppins – Julie Andrews
Nope – Keke Palmer
Withnail & I – Richard E. Grant
The Exorcist – Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair

We love these films. We urge you to seek them out and watch them—again and again. They are masterpieces.

Kermode on Film is an HLA Agency production.

This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones.

Cover photo by Julie Edwards

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