Shaun
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| Shaun Riley | |
|---|---|
| Biographical information | |
| Gender |
Male |
| Eye color |
Green |
| Hair color |
Red[1] |
| Location | |
| Family | |
| Alias |
Shaun Smiley Riley |
| Current status |
Living with Liz |
| Behind the scenes | |
| Appearances | |
| Portrayer | |
Shaun Riley[2] was an aspiring DJ and partner of Liz. He became an unlikely hero during the events of Z-Day.
[edit] Biography
Shaun was born to Barbara and an unknown man, who died when Shaun was around fourteen. He lived in Crouch End, and met Ed while at junior school, whereupon the two became best friends. Shaun later met Pete at college, who sold him weed on one occasion. At the age of seventeen, Shaun's life changed when his mother remarried.[3] Shaun and his new step-father, Philip, did not get on—Philip once chased Shaun around the garden with a bit of wood for damaging his prized Jaguar.
Shaun aspired to be a DJ, though this ambition was shelved along with his record collection, and he became stuck in a rut…hindered in no small part by Ed's incessant laziness. However, Shaun became involved in a serious relationship with Liz; the two met in Greece, though Shaun remained unmotivated while Liz aspired to achieve more with her life than simply "drinking herself to death" in the couple's local, the Winchester.
Shaun himself later attempted to turn his life around, though his epiphany unfortunately coincided with the rise of the living dead.
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ On the DVD cast commentary, Simon Pegg notes that his naturally brown hair was dyed in an attempt to make it blond, though this resulted in a red tint that made him "look slightly ginger". Nick Frost called it "russet", while Dylan Moran wondered if there was even a name for it.
- ↑ A poster in Shaun's flat refers to a "Shaun Smiley Riley"; this is confirmed on Edgar and Simon's DVD commentary to be Shaun's name during his days as a DJ.
- ↑ Shaun of the Dead: Synopsis
