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Edgar Wright

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"Edgar Wright"

And then somebody, a researcher said, oh, he's not supposed to know that.

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"Edgar Wright"

So then imagine having this pressure being on TV as a 16-year-old.

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"Edgar Wright"

Then they say, tomorrow, when you're on the show, pretend like you haven't won.

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So when they say that you've won, you have to act like you're really surprised.

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"Edgar Wright"

That's a lot of pressure on national TV.

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So if you see that clip, you'll see my amazing acting of like, who, me?

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Oh, I love that.

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Well, I was, yeah, I had basically, I got my break into the industry.

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I had made a film when I was 20.

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I went to art college for two years, and then I made a really low-budget film called A Fistful of Fingers that was shot on 16mm, which cost, like,

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It got released at the cinema in the UK.

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I say cinemas, it got released in a cinema, a one screen.

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But through that, I got into TV.

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It was first through Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

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They were doing a cable show and I was directing that when I was 21.

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And then a couple of years later, I worked with Simon Pegg and Jessica Hines for the first time.

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And then Spaced, I was 24 when I did Spaced.

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Wow, that's amazing.

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I realize now, I knew it at the time that it was really special, but now I really just, I feel so thankful that like, I can't believe I was directing like a show that was on network TV when I was 24.