Simon Pegg's stair drama!

Simon Pegg had to brave a flight of stairs while filming Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

The British actor who stars alongsideTom Cruise in the movie says he struggled with his energetic scenes.

“I had to run down these metal stairs really quickly which doesn’t sound hard but I had to do it 15 times,” explains Simon.

“Then the crew dropped the canister and exposed the film so I had to go and do it all again. Granted, it’s not the same as Mr Cruise hanging off the tallest building in the world but for me those stairs were tricky!”

Pegg recently admitted he’s struggling to come to terms with his new audience now he’s made it in Hollywood.

“In the UK we’re ashamed of our emotions but Americans are much more prone to emoting and not being frightened of that,” he said. “They clap louder, cheer louder, cry more. On chat shows here, if you mention like, ‘I was going through Idaho the other day,’ there’s someone who will go, ‘Well, yeah! Yeah! I’ve seen Idaho on a map!’

“Whereas I’ll see Americans on British chat shows and they’ll say something and they’ll look to the audience like, ‘Why aren’t they clapping? I just mentioned the place name!’” I’d much prefer to watch a film with an American audience because they’re more collaborative.”