What is Paul?
Well, Paul is Greg Mottola’s new sci-fi comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, about two British slackers travelling across America who bump into a fugitive alien, voiced by Seth Rogen. It’s currently being shot on location in New Mexico – or Mexico Zero – as we speak.
What is whatisPaul?
Well, **whatisPaul? **is the new production blog for the movie that’s just gone live on the internets, featuring a whole lot of video content – shot by Lance Bangs, who directed R.E.M.’s excellent tour film, Road Movie – photos taken by Simon, and much, much more.
Here are ten things we’ve learned from whatisPaul? thus far…
- Nick has grown his hair long for his role as Clive Gollings. Shoulder-length long.
- **Saturday Night Live **standout Kristen Wiig, who plays a girl who comes along for the ride, is as lovely in real life as we had hoped.
- Simon, who plays Graham Willy, knows that the secret of making any picture look classy is to take it in black and white. He’s also a pretty damn good snapper.
- He, Nick and Kristen Wiig learn to drive an RV, which is the vehicle of choice for Clive and Graham.
- Simon likes to drive barefoot, which is dangerous and the act of a hippie.
- The RV is named The Beagle, after “the ship that Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos on…”
- Bill Hader, Joe Lo Truglio and Jason Bateman – the three government agents chasing after our heroes – look sharp in suits.
- The cast and crew were issued with Paul-stamped water bottles to use throughout the shoot, to help save the planet. Which is nice.
- The blog is going to be constantly updated, and Simon and Nick have been given tiny cameras with which to film each other.
- We still don’t have a clue who Paul is, or what he looks like.
But that’s what we learned. You might have a different experience – pop along to **whatispaul.com **immediately, or suffer the consequences.
OK, there are no consequences. But do pop along.