Simon Pegg only visits Hollywood occasionally and so his encounters with other members of the entertainment industry sometimes leave him a bit overwhelmed. One such overwhelming experience happened at the premiere of Iron Man. "I went up to say good bye to [Jeff Bridges] and he stood with his brother and he was with Jon Voight. I kind of just went up to say I'm going, because he's such an ever so nice man and we get along very well. And he said, 'No, stay, stay.' And so I listened to Jon Voight tell an anecdote. I stood there with Jeff Bridges with his arm around and Beau Bridges just listening – three Hollywood legends just chatting and me on the end of it just looking like I'd snuck in," said Pegg.
"I think in Hollywood that happens every day. You’re constantly seeing bizarre things. We went to see Steven Spielberg - Edgar [Wright] and I - on set recently and we were chatting with him, and it happened to be the day that Tom Cruise came to visit, so we ended up all sitting around a table talking about films. And Edgar and I were very, very cool and didn’t even break our stride. We just got on with it and had a good chat. And then I went on the 405 [Freeway] just going, 'Ahhhh!' It was so kind of odd. Such a surreal situation to be in."
Another surreal situation came when Pegg met Matthew Fox, the star of Lost – one of Pegg's favorite American shows. "I met Matthew Fox and I’m a big fan of Lost and I saw him at a party and he saw me and he went, 'Oh man, Simon Pegg!' So I was really chuffed that I was put at my ease because he and his wife were big fans of the movie, and that’s great when I have gone up to people that I really admire. When I went up to George Lucas he was talking to Ron Howard just as I got introduced. I saw George Lucas' face going, 'Oh here's another f--king 30-something geek who's going to bore me with how much Star Wars changed his life.' And Ron Howard said to me, 'Hey Simon, I love Shaun of the Dead. My kids are big fans.' And George Lucas immediately changed towards me and we had a conversation as equals and not as flamboyant – whatever he is now."
