Amy Bowles, a guitarist in multiple Toronto bands, was the inspiration for Envy Adams in the Scott Pilgrim comic series. While meeting for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Bowles happened to ride her bicycle near Edgar Wright and Bryan Lee O'Malley, and said hello. O'Malley was speechless, and only later explained his stupefaction at Wright knowing him.
The directorial debut of Edgar Wright, not counting his amateur high school film "Dead Right" which can be found on certain editions of the "Hot Fuzz" DVD.