Simon Pegg teases Hot Fuzz sequel with Nick Frost's character taking the spotlight

Simon Pegg has teased the possibility of a sequel to the hit 2007 British cop comedy Hot Fuzz.

The 50-year-old actor would love to reunite with co-star Nick Frost and writer-director Edgar Wright to create a flipped plot to the original caper.

Hot Fuzz saw Simon play a policeman named Nicholas Angel who is promoted from being a constable to a sergeant and subsequently transferred from London to a sleepy town called Sanford.

While 48-year-old Nick played eager younger policeman Frank Butterman – with the duo trying to uncover a link being a series of killings in the village.

The film is already part of 46-year-old director Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy which also includes horror comedies Shaun of the Dead and The World’s End.

Speaking to Movieweb.com, Simon teased the possibility of a sequel to Hot Fuzz, saying: ”I think it's the one film out of those three movies that lends itself to a sequel, in that, those kind of buddy-cop action movies were often sequelised."

He added that the follow up could reverse the original plot – with Nick’s Police Constable Danny Butterman finding himself thrust from dealing with crimes in a quiet village to working in a major metropolitan city like London.

He said: ”We already joked about having a 'Crocodile Dundee' reversal of it being Danny in the city... The hypothetical sequel would be Danny and Angel in the big city together."

Simon did, however, express concern he might be too old to return to the role.

He quipped: "I'd love to play Nicholas Angel again, that was fun. I'm probably too old now."

The actor also explained that an unwillingness to retread old material might scupper real plans for a sequel.

He said: "Edgar and I, when we've done something, we want to move onto the next thing.

"All of those films, they have an arc and then they finish... We made Shaun of the Dead, and the sequel to that film is Hot Fuzz, and the sequel to Hot Fuzz is The World's End.

"They're a thematic trilogy rather than direct sequels."

Hot Fuzz was a critical and commercial smash when it was released in 2007 – and has been regarded by some film critics as one of the greatest action comedy films of all time