Being the gentleman that he is, he made good on his suggestion." Nick and I immediately hashed out the scene and held him to it. He loved the idea and jokingly suggested a cameo. We mentioned the idea that in the mythology of our movie, Paul had been an advisor to him whilst he was making E.T. "We told him all about Paul whilst we were filming. "Nick Frost and I had worked with Steven on Tintin at the beginning of 2009," Pegg, who co-wrote the screenplay with Frost, told SYFY WIRE over email. That brings us to a brief, yet mind-blowing, cameo from the one and only Steven Spielberg who - at least according to the universe of this movie - got the idea for E.T.’s healing ability by exploiting Paul’s otherworldly knowledge in the early 1980s. Paul has been on Earth for so long, that he’s effectively assimilated into our culture and, in some cases, influenced it. RELATED: 'Minority Report' costume designer breaks down 'timeless' fashions of Steven Spielberg's Neo-noir He's just a regular dude who, if it wasn't for his bulbous head, would blend into any crowd. The laid-back cosmic castaway (voiced by Seth Rogen) has more in common with the character of Roger from American Dad! than he does with the alien beings we often associate with the genre of science fiction. We are, of course, talking about 2011’s Paul (currently streaming on Peacock), a sci-fi comedy in which a pair of UFO enthusiasts (played by the inimitable Cornetto Trilogy duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) embarks on a road trip with a genuine extra-terrestrial. What if one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time had input from an honest to goodness alien from outer space? It’s kind of a goofy question, but one that inspired one of the greatest film cameos ever projected onto the silver screen.
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