Scott Pilgrim vs. The World burst into theaters 10 years ago this week but sadly bombed at the box office, earning just over half of its $85 million budget back. Despite the disappointing showing, the movie adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novel series went on to have a long afterlife, its hyper-kinetic visual style mixing animation and video games influencing music videos like The Vine’s Gimme Love and earning a cult following.
On its 10th anniversary, Edgar Wright has tweeted a whole series of behind the scenes photos taken throughout Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’s production. Since appearing in Scott Pilgrim, a lot of its cast went on to become big stars in their own right over the past decade. Here’s what some of them have been up to since.
Before Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Michael Cera already had made a name for himself in comedy as the awkward George Michael (not the singer) in Arrested Development before going on to star in cult films Superbad and Juno. Since playing the slacker hero, Cera has gone for more dramatic roles in films like Person to Person and Molly’s Game as well as a surprise cameo in Twin Peaks: The Return while keeping a foot in offbeat comedy shows such as Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and The Shivering Truth. Cera also returned to the show that made him famous when Netflix rebooted Arrested Development and will be contributing his voice to the upcoming animated Blazing Saddles reimagining, Blazing Samurai.
Prior to starring as Scott Pilgrim’s love interest, Mary Elizabeth Winstead had appeared in the Disney superhero flick Sky High and Live Free and Die Hard as the daughter of Bruce Willis’ John McClane. Since playing multicolor-haired Ramona, Winstead has appeared in The Thing prequel and another Die Hard installment, A Good Day to Die Hard but her most acclaimed role of recent years was as Michelle in 10 Cloverfield Lane. Winstead’s TV roles have included The Returned, the U.S. remake of French supernatural drama Les Revenants, satirical comedy BrainDEAD and movie spinoff Fargo. Her next movie role will be in Netflix’s upcoming action film, Kate.
Performing in theater since she was a child, Anna Kendrick was already a seasoned actress with some big credits to her name such as the Twilight saga. Post Scott Pilgrim however, she made her name with the Pitch Perfect trilogy where she played Becca Mitchell, an aspiring musician who joins an a cappella group. The first Pitch Perfect released in 2012 and became a sleeper hit, igniting a new interest in a cappella performance and spawning two sequels. More recently Kendrick has published Scrappy Little Nobody, a memoir about her rise to fame, provided the voice of Poppy in Trolls and Trolls: World Tour and recently starred as an FBI agent in the satire The Day Shall Come. Kendrick will also be starring in upcoming sci-fi thriller Stowaway but no release date has been set.
Larson’s first major role was in short lived sitcom Raising Dad back in 2002 but it was her performance as daughter Kate in United States of Tara that really put her on the map. After starring as Scott’s ex-girlfriend Envy, Brie Larson’s breakthrough role was the lead in critically acclaimed indie drama Short Term 12, which also featured future stars Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) and Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). But it was in Room that Larson received critical acclaim, taking home several awards including an Oscar for her performance as a young mother who gave birth in captivity. Nowadays Larson is best known for starring as the lead in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie Captain Marvel, which earned the biggest box office of all time for a female-led superhero movie. Her upcoming projects include both a Captain Marvel sequel, further appearances in the MCU and several shows for Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV+.
After starring as the sardonic April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation, Aubrey Plaza was the perfect choice to play the permanently irritable Julie Powers. Plaza then went on to star as the lead in indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed and lent her voice to Claire Wheeler in Monsters University. A string of comedy films followed such as The To Do List, Dirty Grandpa and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates with Scott Pilgrim co-star Anna Kendrick. More recently Aubrey Plaza had a recurring role in Noah Hawley’s TV take on Marvel’s mutants Legion and as well as producing and starring in social media satire Ingrid Goes West. Her most recent lead role was in the Child’s Play remake with her next two films Best Sellers and the CG animated The Ark and the Aardvark expected next year.
Chris Evans was no stranger to comic book roles by the time he played Ramona’s evil ex Lucas Lee. By then Evans had already been Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four movies, voiced sports vigilante Casey Jones in the 2007 CG animated TMNT movie and played wisecracking hacker Jake Jensen in The Losers. But anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past 10 years knows him best as the MCU cornerstone Captain America. Evans stepped into the role during the first phase of the MCU with Captain America: The First Avenger and would go on to play the role through a further 9 movies with his last appearance in Avengers: Endgame. During that time Evans starred in Parasite director Bong Joon-Ho’s post-apocalyptic Snowpiercer and most recently was seen in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out. Evans’ next big role will be alongside Ryan Gosling in Netflix’s adaptation of Mark Greaney’s novel The Gray Man, expected early 2021.
Though Edgar Wright is best known for his movie work, he got his break in British TV and his early work included obscure sketch show/sitcom hybrid Asylum, where he first met frequent collaborators Simon Pegg. His first big feature, Shaun of the Dead, inspired by an episode of Spaced, was released in 2004 and began the Cornetto Trilogy followed by cop spoof Hot Fuzz in 2007. After Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Wright completed the trilogy with The World’s End, developed an early draft of Ant-Man for the MCU but left the project due to creative differences and recently released his first solo movie, Baby Driver. Alongside his film work, Wright also directed several music videos for The Bluetones, ’80s Matchbox Disaster and ex-Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley. Wright’s next film, the psychological horror Last Night in Soho, will be released in early 2021 and he’s attached to direct Set My Heart to Five as his next feature.
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