The Secret Service was originally one among my most anticipated films of 2014, but then it got pushed to 2015. But recently they re-scheduled it for a October 2014 release instead. It's based on the comic by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Though I haven't read the comic, the fact that Matthew Vaughn is directing it is what got me excited.
Colin Firth talks action movie debut in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' | Inside Movies | EW.com
Here is part of a recent interview with Colin Firth, read the rest in the above page.
EW: How did you feel going into your first big action movie, as it were?
Colin Firth: I was afraid it was ridiculous. I think what’s brilliant about Matthew is that he takes people’s expectations and likes to mess with them. When we first met the year before, he said, “One of the reasons I’m casting you is because you’re probably the last person anyone could imagine kicking people and kicking off the villains.” And that was the surprise he wanted to pull. And he said, by the way, “You’re going to have to do it. Are you up to it?” That’s one of the reasons he got me so early, to start training. He said, “You’re going to hate me by the end of it,” and sure enough, the Jackie Chan training team comes to my house and they get to work on me. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed myself so much in my life. I realized that I’d made assumptions about myself that meant I had probably been neglecting something that I might have enjoyed for years if I’d got to it earlier.
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Release Date: October 24, 2014
Synopsis: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Cast: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Michael Caine, Sophie Cookson, Taron Egerton, Sofia Boutella, Jack Davenport
IMDB: The Secret Service (2014) - IMDb
Movie Teaser Poster
Colin Firth talks action movie debut in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' | Inside Movies | EW.com
Here is part of a recent interview with Colin Firth, read the rest in the above page.
EW: How did you feel going into your first big action movie, as it were?
Colin Firth: I was afraid it was ridiculous. I think what’s brilliant about Matthew is that he takes people’s expectations and likes to mess with them. When we first met the year before, he said, “One of the reasons I’m casting you is because you’re probably the last person anyone could imagine kicking people and kicking off the villains.” And that was the surprise he wanted to pull. And he said, by the way, “You’re going to have to do it. Are you up to it?” That’s one of the reasons he got me so early, to start training. He said, “You’re going to hate me by the end of it,” and sure enough, the Jackie Chan training team comes to my house and they get to work on me. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed myself so much in my life. I realized that I’d made assumptions about myself that meant I had probably been neglecting something that I might have enjoyed for years if I’d got to it earlier.
Few images from the movie.
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Synopsis: A veteran secret agent takes a young upstart under his wing.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writers: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Cast: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Michael Caine, Sophie Cookson, Taron Egerton, Sofia Boutella, Jack Davenport
IMDB: The Secret Service (2014) - IMDb
Movie Teaser Poster
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