Despite fans holding out hope for it, Simon Pegg has a disappointing response for a possible Spaced revival. Pegg co-created, co-wrote and co-starred in the cult sitcom as Tim Bisley, a twenty-something Londoner who moves in with fellow twenty-something Daisy Steiner after he is kicked out of his place by his ex-girlfriend. Tim and Daisy initially pose as a couple in order to meet the requirements of a cheap apartment in the area, though eventually find themselves developing feelings for one another.

Jessica Stevenson served as the other creator, writer and star for Spaced with some of the supporting cast including Nick Frost as Tim's best friend Mike, Katy Carmichael as Daisy's best friend Twist, Mark Heap as an eccentric neighbor named Brian and Julia Deakin as their landlady Marsha. Directed by Edgar Wright, the comedy series aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom and scored largely favorable reviews from critics and audiences alike for its relatable characters, fast-paced direction, pop culture references and the performances of its cast. Despite its acclaim, Spaced came to a close after two seasons and while fans of the sitcom have called for a continuation, one of the minds behind the series has a pretty definitive response to the possibility.

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While speaking with Collider for the animated film Luck, Simon Pegg opened up about a possible Spaced revival. Offered Top Gun: Maverick as a comparison of a long gap between stories, Pegg noted how there was a "relevance" in how the world has changed between the two films, whereas the characters of his cult sitcom were "all about that moment specifically," that has become the norm and expressed a disinterest in continuing the show. See what Pegg said below:

"I think the great thing about Top Gun: Maverick was that they made it about... It wasn't just about continuing the story. There was a relevance to what has happened in the world since, and also a strange parallel between Maverick and Tom being these emissaries from an almost forgotten era of something. Maverick is the last fighter pilot and Tom is the last movie star and there was a real... There was just a really beautiful timing of all that kind of stuff. I'm not sure what would be the value of seeing Tim and Daisy beyond that moment in their lives, because Spaced was all about that moment specifically. It wasn't about those characters as much as it was about what it was like to be in your 20s at the turn of the century, at the very beginning of the age of the geek, when we were just realizing that we could actually spend some of our adulthood participating in the things that we enjoyed as kids. That was the beginnings of that era, which is now the norm. So I'm not sure. I don't think I want to see them again, really."

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Spaced cast

Pegg and Edgar Wright have frequently addressed questions of a Spaced revival in the years since it ended, generally expressing doubts about the possibility as they feel the story concluded on a good note and that they're not the same people as they were when they wrote the show. Pegg's newest comments fall largely in line with his previous discussions of the revival, namely his feelings that things haven't changed enough for society or himself for the show to come back. Interestingly, though, this does mark the first time that Pegg has outright stated he doesn't want to see his and Stevenson's characters to come back to the screen.

While Pegg's new comments about a possible Spaced revival may be disappointing for fans of the cult sitcom, the future of the creatives behind the show is still generally bright. Pegg teased earlier this year that he and Edgar Wright were discussing their next possible project, nearly a decade after their acclaimed Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy came to a close, and expressed an interest in bringing The World's End's Gary King back to the screen. Until further word on Pegg and Wright's reunion comes out, audiences can revisit the entirety of Spaced streaming on The Roku Channel, Tubi and Amazon's Freevee.

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Source: Collider