Simon Pegg Reveals He Was a ‘Lost and Unhappy, and an Alcoholic’ as He Hit the Hollywood Big Time
Simon Pegg has candidly revealed his long battle with alcoholism and depression.The actor and comedian, 48, spent years attempting to hide his struggles, calling his time in the throes of addiction as “awful, terrible.”“It owned me,” he told The Guardian in an interview published Monday.Pegg said even as went from British funnyman to Hollywood star, working with the likes of Tom Cruise on the Mission: Impossible films and J.J.
Abrams on the Star Trek reboots, his depression did not allow him to enjoy the experience.“I would feel like — I’m in a film with Tom Cruise, I
