It's a very hard thing to Dio, but I've loved that you've done it the way you've done it in all your movies.

And now I believe that your that's what you're accomplishing with truth seekers is to try and get a nice blend of it's humor.

But it's also do you feel like the stakes Air riel?

And there are moments of riel horror.

Is that fair?

Did you lose me?

Or if I lose him?

Yeah, absolutely.

I mean, good.

You froze completely on my end.

I think it's this that there are connection.

So yeah, it was really funny on my end because it looked like I just asked you the stupidest question you've ever heard because I I asked you this question I thought was pretty decent.

And you just stared at me for like, five minutes, and I thought, Wow, I I just diamonds really pissed at me for complimenting his ability to blend comedy with horror and tension.

So if you're angry, tell me now.

No, I'm I'm glad you think so.

I mean, really, it's about not when you with something like horror, you just don't make fun of the horror.

You keep the horror intact.

It's very easy to send up anything, which is sort of genre based sci fi horror.

It's easy to make fun of it because it requires us toe to suspend our disbelief.

And if you just fold your arms ago, that's ridiculous.

You can spoof it or make fun, but if you just kind of let the comedy happen adjacent to the horror, then you can have your cake and eat it, you know.

So that's kind of our philosophy with truth seekers, which is a sort of paranormal investigation comedy.

It's next show, Really.

Nick Frost is the is the main guy in it, and I crop up is his boss, Um, now and again.

But yeah, that's our That's our kind of always been our m o.

Really is.

Don't don't take the easy route, you know?

Yeah, well, it's one of the things I remember, I rewatched I've watched Hot fuzz several times with my son is massive fan of yours, and we've watched it several times.

And and one of the things that I really marvel at is it's so funny and the comedy ISS so well done.

But the stakes are high and my heart is racing the whole time because you don't condescend to do the action as comedy.

It's really action.

Oh, sure, Yeah.

Absolutely.

Because otherwise it would be it wouldn't work A Well, you know, uh, we love those movies.

We wouldn't We weren't seeking to make fun of the American action film.

It was an absolute love letter to it.

So it would be silly toe, do anything but try and be one of those things, You know?

That was right.

Nick Frost.

I know that you guys have been friends forever.

This started with you before either of you had made it.

And long before Shaun of the dead in your twenties.

You guys were hanging out together.

Probably e mean.

What were you doing?

What were the two of you doing to entertain yourselves and and and to sort of let your imaginations go?

Well, We were sharing a flat together in North London, and we had very little in the way of possessions.

We had a gas heater, on top of which was a combo television VHS recorder.

And we would watch episodes of The X Files Seasons one and two.

As it was then.

It's about 95 96.

And also on the weekends we go ghost hunting, which was our code, really?

For sitting in my run of five and getting blazed in the country so that no one pursues.

Okay, so your search for the paranormal you and Nick Frost sitting in a car, uh, doing some kind of recreational drug.

Exactly.

And the paranormal thing was seeing how many Cheetos we could eat in half an hour, which would be unbelievable amount.

You know, our normal levels of glutton, Simon.

I suspect that many great ghosts Napoleon, Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria contacted you guys, but you were too stoned.

E yeah, yeah.

Whatever.

Yeah, whatever, Gandhi.

Whatever.

We're busy way have a We have a clip here from truth seekers that we're gonna show right now.

Anything we need to know to understand this scene, I think this is Azaz, Knicks, Boston.

The show.

I kind of task them.

He's basically a satellite repair engineer with a new partner on, and he's sort of running a ghost hunting, um, business out of the back of his ban on.

I'm sending him off to various places and I know where I'm sending him.

You know, these are the kind of places.

So this is me tasking Gus with going to a haunted, formally haunted hotel.

All right, let's take a look at this clip from truth seekers.

Listen, can we not have another day like yesterday?

Relaxes Not every place we go is gonna be haunted.

I'm sorry, Did you say haunted Britain's most haunted three star hotel?

The Portland Beacon?

I thought that might pique your interest.

Us Nothing but a cheap tourist draw.

Believe me, I've I looked into it thorough as ever.

That is why you are my number one installer, Gus Cooper.

And you, Mr My Number 28.

No, no, back And we're back.

You and I didn't actually see the clip.

They'll slice that in because it wasn't good.

Yeah, brilliant.

I will get the word out on truth seekers because a Z, I've told you many times I'm a massive fan of your work, your enormously talented gentlemen.

And I'm very happy that these great things keep happening for you.

You know, it s it's lovely to see you.

I was I was talking to someone the other day about It's been a while since we were Has Andy doing?

Is he around?

What's happening?

You know, so funny.

He's here.

Hey was here, and he was shooting with me, but, um, then he took off.

I said, Look, we're going to go do some interviews.

He's like, when I'm out of here.

It took off.

So, enjoying the good life somewhere, if you can in quarantine, it's really focused us on our priorities.

This pandemic, that's for sure.

Yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

Well, truth seekers, truth seekers is available to stream on Amazon Prime video starting tomorrow.

And, uh, whenever you and your good friend Nick Frost do anything, I'm down for it.

So I'm very excited for this project.

And, uh, thank you so much for doing this.

What time is it where you are, By the way?

It is just approaching 11 o'clock in the evening here, okay?

And is the American election over yet would be great if you were a couple of days ahead of us and you could tell us what happened.

Oh, I do.

I know.

It's It's incredible.

You won't believe.

Uh Okay.

Uh, just finished my interview with Simon Pegg, the only man who knows what happens next Tuesday.

Simon.

Thank you.

You know, spoilers.

No spoilers.

Actually, people would take a spoiler alert on this one.

But thank you so much.

Always enjoy to talk to you.

And he's frozen again at the end.

You too, buddy.

You take Simon there.

Really?

Can you hear me?

It really was a great moment where I asked you a question and you just You just stared at me and but you're frozen.

But it really did look like you were Ricky Gervais and I had said the wrong thing.