Simon Pegg: 'Paddy Considine inspires me to take serious roles'

Simon Pegg has set his sights on more dramatic movie parts in the future.

The Mission: Impossible actor hopes to follow the example of Hot Fuzz co-star Paddy Considine, who made his directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed Tyrannosaur earlier this year.

Pegg told PA: "I'd love to do some serious work. It depends on if the audience would let me. Sometimes they don't like comedy people doing serious stuff.

"Tyrannosaur is an amazing film that I saw this year, Paddy Considine's movie. Paddy, who is a very adept comic actor as well as being an extremely clever serious actor, pulled off an incredible feat with that movie."

The 41-year-old added: "It's a really tough, fulfilling film to watch and to get a chance to do something like that... But you know, the audience have to have a say really. "

Watch Simon Pegg in a featurette for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol below: