{"id":479538,"date":"2026-06-16T05:05:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/479538\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:05:16","slug":"simon-pegg-reveals-how-mission-impossible-inspired-body-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/479538\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Pegg reveals how Mission: Impossible inspired body transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">In March 2019, the star looked worlds away from his Run Fatboy Run days as he unveiled his body transformation, shedding 19lbs (8.6kg) in six months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Pegg\u2019s personal trainer, Nick Lower, took to X and shared a shot of the entertainer as he flaunted his  lean physique and defined six-pack, achieved for his role as a hostage victim in the indie thriller Inheritance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Lower captioned the upload: \u201c#SimonPegg 6 month body transformation for #InheritanceMovie. The brief for this role was lean, VERY lean. It required a specific body shape + look.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Simon Pegg underwent a six-month body transformation, losing 19lbs (8.6kg) for his role in Inheritance. Photo \/ Getty Images\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Simon Pegg underwent a six-month body transformation, losing 19lbs (8.6kg) for his role in Inheritance. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">But  Pegg\u2019s weight loss, following strength work, circuit training, core exercises and daily 10km runs, sparked division among fans; some were impressed and others thought he went too far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The Shaun of the Dead alum said his body transformation made his wife, publicist Maureen McCann, cry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">In October 2019,  Pegg told the Daily Mail: \u201cI did have to get very, very skinny for a job I did this year, and my wife was in tears about that, because I kind of got down to just skin and bone, so she wasn\u2019t happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">McCann thought the Hot Fuzz cast member \u201clooked ill\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">In June that year,  Pegg told GQ Hype: \u201cThe response from that picture was so weird. Some people said, \u2018You look ill,\u2019 which is what my wife thought. Others were saying, \u2018Well done.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnd the thing is, it wasn\u2019t meant to be an aspirational thing. It was a snapshot that my trainer took, and I really didn\u2019t expect the furore that followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAll I can think of is that people still think of me as that schlubby guy from Shaun Of The Dead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In March 2019, the star looked worlds away from his Run Fatboy Run days as he unveiled his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7800,430,156,28419,221,68636,13458,7239,111,139,69,241261,1517,6037,20563],"class_list":["post-479538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-body","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-fit","tag-how","tag-impossible","tag-inspired","tag-mission","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pegg","tag-reveals","tag-simon","tag-transformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}