Simon Pegg’s Twitter Prank Leaves Fans Puzzled
October 14th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by GDBy Ranjan Bhaduri
Oct 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is quite clear that Simon Pegg is a true prankster. The star of ‘Shaun of the Dead’ confessed recently that he made a number of his followers in Twitter utterly confused by pretending he was kidnapped by aliens. He did it without any serious intention but his numerous fans had thought that the star was serious about whatever he tweeted about his fake abduction. While his tweets were fake the actor also admitted that he had to undergo a bizarre experience while shooting for a film named ‘The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn’.
He was almost beaten up by Andy Serkis, the King Kong star and Steven Spielberg the ace director on the set of the film as he says! He explained that he was doing a scene with Andy Serkis where the actor had to shake him hard. The director was somehow not happy with the scene. He got on top of him and shook him to demonstrate. The experience was nothing short of getting beaten up by the duo, according to the actor. However, he is going to remember the experience.
He did not tweet for a couple of days after faking about his abduction by aliens. It made the suspicion of his fans even deeper. The actor mischievously tweeted ‘They’re my children now and you will never see them again’ in Greek after remaining unavailable on Twitter for two days. He also said that the confusion of his fans amused him to an extent and it was only after some time they realized that the whole thing was a joke.
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