Simon Pegg was the subject of an article on the Times Online this weekend. The piece is mostly about how crazy it is to make Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz after hitting it big on British television with Spaced and now, Simon Pegg is making it in America. Slowly, that is. His next American flick is How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, where he gets to spend some time on screen with the B&U obsession, Megan Fox. But, in the stories Pegg has about playing tables with Jeff Bridges and noticing John Williams’ score in ET, one of his little tales is actually newsworthy…

“Steven’s smoking a stogy, cap on head, like he’s always been since I was a baby,” Pegg says, shaking his head in wonder. “I shook his hand and chatted about films. He gave me the mo-cap [motion-capture] camera, and I had a play around with it. Then he said, ‘Hey, maybe you and Nick Frost could play the Thompson Twins.’ In Tintin. A Spielberg movie. To work with him is beyond .. . ” He trails off, lost for words.

It looks like the comedy duo will be returning to play the Thompson Twins, which is our one subtle reminder that we need to go out an buy some Tintin books if we’re going to be making snarky comments about casting.