Mission Impossible's Simon Pegg: Police sometimes let me off because of Hot Fuzz
Speaking to the radio station as part of the latest Mission Impossible promotional tour, Pegg said: 'Do you know what, I got done for speeding in the UK by a police officer because I was listening to the Fallout soundtrack, and I was behind the wheel just gunning it up the A1 in the UK and I got pulled over.
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