Does Simon Pegg believe in luck? In this exclusive interview for the Apple TV+ movie Luck, we ask and he answers.
Apple TV+’s Luck is a movie that is all about, well, you guessed it, Luck! There is good luck and bad luck, each one coming with an incredibly elaborate and visually stunning world. The wonderfully talented Simon Pegg voices a black cat named Bob, and during this interview with Mama’s Geeky we asked him if he personally believes in Luck.
Does Simon Pegg Believe In Luck?
So does Simon Pegg believe in luck? Sort of. He thinks that luck is something we all create for ourselves and we couldn’t agree more with him.
“I think the idea that something else is in control of our lives, and we don’t really have any responsibility for our actions, because they’re all ordained by something else — I don’t believe that. I believe that luck is what we make.” Simon explains.
He says that when opportunities come our way we either convert them into good luck or we let them go, and that is kind of bad luck. “So I do and I don’t really. I feel like it’s important for us to take responsibility for what we do, and not ascribe blame elsewhere. And at the same time, it’s quite a positive thing to suggest that you got to where you want to be not through some sort of mystical force moving around, but because you made the right choices, and you did the right thing.”
Pegg goes on to say that he believes that is partly what this film, Luck, teaches in a really sweet way that everyone can understand. “What you put into the world, the positivity you put into the world, can often come back at you in the form of what feels like good luck. But at the end of the day, it was you that did it.”
Full Simon Pegg Interview
Be sure to watch the full interview with Simon Pegg to learn what drew him to the role of Bob and which scene from Luck he would film in live action if he had the chance to!
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About Luck
From Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation comes the story of Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world, who when she stumbles into the never-before-seen Land of Luck, sets out on a quest to bring some good luck home for her best friend. But with humans not allowed, her only chance is teaming up with the magical creatures who live there to do it.
LUCK will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on August 5, 2022.
Tessa Smith is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved Film and TV Critic. She is also a Freelance Writer. Tessa has been in the Entertainment writing business for ten years and is a member of several Critics Associations including the Critics Choice Association and the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association.