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Simon Pegg accepts a new Mission

November 20th, 2013 by Marc Comments

Simon Pegg has told MTV that he’ll be reprising his role as Benji Dunn opposite Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible 5.

When asked if he’d be back for the Christopher McQuarrie directed actioner, he replied: “Yes, absolutely.”

“I’m looking forward to that,” he said. “I’ve already started eating one carrot a day in order to be in shape.”

The Dunn character made his debut in J.J. Abrams’ Mission: Impossible III and returned for Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Mission: Impossible 5 features a screenplay by Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce .

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….