Simon Pegg is back as co-writer and star of Hot Fuzz, his second Cornetto Trilogy collaboration with writer and director Edgar Wright. Familiar faces from Shaun of the Dead are also in tow, including Nick Frost, Bill Nighy, and Martin Freeman (Love Actually). Timothy Dalton (The Crown), Paddy Considine (Peaky Blinders), Rory McCann (Game of Thrones), Jim Broadbent (Bridget Jones’s Diary), and Olivia Colman (Fleabag) are also in the cast.

Is Hot Fuzz a sequel to Shaun of the Dead?

Not in a literal sense, but in a spiritual sense, yes. Hot Fuzz is part of the Cornetto Trilogy alongside Shaun of the Dead and The World’s End. All three films were written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg, starred Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and directed by Edgar Wright. Hot Fuzz may have familiar faces but is a separate story from Shaun of the Dead.

Where in England was Hot Fuzz set?

Sandford, England is where Hot Fuzz is set. Sandford is not a real town in Gloucestershire — it’s the name of a fake town that the UK police use for training purposes. So, even though all of those “Village of the Year” awards are for nothing, Hot Fuzz was still filmed very much in lovely English villages.

Where was Hot Fuzz filmed? Visit the filming locations in Wells, Somerset by train

Q: Where was Hot Fuzz filmed?

Wells, England is where Hot Fuzz was filmed, as well as Buckinghamshire, Essex, London, and Hertfordshire. Director Edgar Wright grew up in Wells, Somerset; star Simon Pegg also grew up close by in Gloucestershire.

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