Pegg refuses to support US 'Spaced'

Simon Pegg will not lend any support to the US remake of his Channel 4 show Spaced.

Speaking to the Press Association at the BAFTA/LA British Comedy event, the actor said the Fox show wouldn't receive his or co-writer Jessica Hynes's backing.

"Not at all," Pegg said. "I find it slightly upsetting to be honest. It's our baby, but it is theirs now."

Asked if he thought the new version would be a success, Pegg added: "It's difficult to say because the show was very about being in London in the late '90s at the millennial turn and being in that country influenced by American culture."

Pegg recently expressed his anger at the proposed remake. The actor felt that the people behind the US pilot showed a "lack of respect" by failing to mention Hynes's contribution to the show in any of the press releases.

Spaced followed the lives of twentysomethings Tim and Daisy, who posed as a couple in order to rent a flat. The show, with its rapid editing and pop culture references, also launched the career of Edgar Wright.