"Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" director Edgar Wright is a Facebook "friend"; he's on the set of "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World" and just updated his "is" to read: "has had four espressos today
already. It may be an 8 espresso day. If a caffeine fuelled Scanners
style head explosion occurs, you know the circumstances." (For a gory example from the Cronenberg film go here). I set up an interview with Edgar and Shane Black a couple years ago for Esquire.com (well worth checking out, read it here) and I can attest to how much he abuses his caffeine privileges-to awesome effect, both in conversation and in the service of making speedy, genre-busting, wildly original films. The man's a perfect argument for drinking too much coffee. I asked Will Foster at Casita if we couldn't name a cocktail in honor of the fast-talking director, and he obliged with this tequila and espresso high-octane number.
THE EDGAR WRIGHT-TINI
2 shots reposado tequila
1 shot patron XO cafe
1 shot espresso
Dash agave syrup
Shake, strain, be brilliant
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