Did Hank Azaria’s Simpsons connection endear him to young Matthew Fenton?
Simon Pegg: He’d do voices for Matthew, yeah, but then Matthew just kind of took everything in his stride. He’s a weird adult child. He used to love hanging out with us on set and Hank was always very forward in doing Mo or whatever. Q. How did you go about establishing a paternal bond with Matthew? Simon Pegg: Thandie and I had a running battle on set of trying to out-joke each other and I used Matthew in a joke once that I had to make work without damaging or exploiting him in any way. So, I said: “Wow, your hands are amazing, show me your hands…” And then: “Show me every finger.” So I photographed every finger and sent Thandie that picture [of the middle finger raised]. He never knew that I was exploiting him [laughs]. His mum will read this and kill me! But I did talk to him like he was a grown-up. I never babied him. I’d drop swear words in front of him because it made him laugh and then pretend I was sorry – never anything too bad. The whole s***head thing… you know what kids are
