Nick Frost nearly followed in his friend Simon Pegg into a galaxy far, far away. The British actor and comedian could have had a role in Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy had the offer not come with unsatisfactory conditions.
During an interview on the Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did podcast, Frost said, “It was only a little bit but I was like, it’s really small, the pay’s rubbish… I’ve got a family – I don’t do this for free.” This may seem unsurprising to fans of Frost’s work, considering his frequent collaborator and fellow Star Wars fan Pegg actually had a small role in The Force Awakens.
In The Force Awakens, Pegg was unrecognizable in his role as the very unpleasant Unkar Plutt, The Jakku junk boss who sells food rations to the scavenger turned Jedi Rey in exchange for salvaged spaceship parts. Frost and Pegg have worked together on many occasions, most notably in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, which includes the British comedies Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End. Wright also had a small cameo as a resistance fighter in the second film in the sequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Frost doesn’t give too many details on the role he was offered, only saying it was a small part and that he doesn’t regret turning it down, despite his love for Star Wars. Speaking about the decision, Frost said “There’s a part of me that thinks, ‘you could have been in Star Wars‘… But fuck it. I tend to not to look backwards at all, so that doesn’t really affect me as a choice I took because I think, well, it’s done. I’ve made the decision.”
It’s also unclear as to which film he was offered a role in, but it’s likely The Force Awakens, due to his close friendship with Simon Pegg. It’s interesting that the pay was so low since one would usually think that a role in Star Wars would land any actor a sizeable paycheck. Disney has also recently come under fire for not paying the royalties owed to authors of previous Star Wars material, so perhaps working within the Galaxy Far, Far Away doesn’t necessarily guarantee a profitable outcome.
Frost has appeared in a number of other films and television shows over the years, mostly playing comedic roles. This includes the 2011 sci-fi comedy horror film Attack the Block, which also features a pre-Star Wars John Boyega as a young leader of a group of teenagers fighting off an alien invasion in south London. More recently, Frost played a leading role in Amazon Prime’s supernatural spoof Truth Seekers, which reunited him with real-life friend Simon Pegg. Frost also co-created and served as an executive producer and writer for the series.
Sadly, Truth Seekers has been canceled after one season. Frost confirmed the news in a post on Instagram that read, “We really put our all into this – our heart and soul, and blood in some cases, so do not come back is really sad for us.” Thankfully, Frost appears to have some other projects lined up, including a leading role in the second season of Paramount Plus series Why Women Kill, and on the upcoming HBO Sci-fi series The Nevers.
The Star Wars saga is now available on Disney Plus.
Source: Celebrity Catch Up: Life After That Thing I Did
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