Postać wzorowana na Simonie Peggu, czyli Wee Hughie, nie jest grana przez niego. Zamiast tego Simon Pegg wciela się w iego ojca. Bardzo dziwna decyzja. Sam aktor wypowiedział się na ten temat w następujący sposób:

"No, because I was never up for it," said Pegg. "I mean, I played Hughie in the comics [as] Darick Robinson drew me as Hughie but [he's] in his early twenties so I was never going to play Hughie [Laughs]. I was never eligible to play Hughie. I'm really happy that Jack Quaid got the role because I think Jack's a brilliant actor and I can't wait to see what they do with the adaptation of it."