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“We realised that it was important to embrace this popcorn…” quote by Simon Pegg — Download Open image

“We realised that it was important to embrace this popcorn logic, that it works, that it's funnier when you fire 20 rounds from one tiny pistol. Then it becomes the joke, it's funnier when you pay less attention.”

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