Most fans were quite shocked when, towards the end of last year’s surprise hitKingsman: The Secret Service,Colin Firth’s character Harry Hart was killed off by the villainous Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson). Once talk of a sequel started to surface, directorMark Millarteased that he may find a way forColin Firthto return, and it was confirmed that he will come back through a cryptic poster, along with new photos from the set. Today we have new details fromColin Firthhimself, who offered some very subtle hints about his return.
Collidercaught up with the actor, who was promoting his new romantic comedyBridget Jones' Baby, in theaters September 16. Last month,Colin Firthwas seen in hisHarry Hartcostume in a photo from the set fromPedro Pascal, but details about Harry’s return have been kept close to the vest. The actor wouldn’t say exactly how his character came back from the dead, but he did tease that this will not be a traditional sequel.
“Well, it’s still my duty to be cryptic about that, so forgive me in being creative in how I dodge that question. It’s no secret that I’m involved, somewhere and somehow. From what I’ve been able to gather, it’s not going to feel like aconventional sequel. It’s going to be something that feels very much its own thing. I’m very optimistic about it. I can’t give too much away about in what capacity I’m back. A lot of people have speculated and a lot of people have come to the wrong conclusions about it. I want to keep the surprise alive, a little longer. I think they’re going to be surprised again.”
Kingsman: The Golden Circlereportedly centers on Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) visiting the U.S., where they meetHalle Berry’s character and a “swaggering, sharpshooting cowboy” calledJack Daniels, who is believed to bePedro Pascal’s character. It has also been teased that the U.S. version of Kingsman is an organization known as the Statesmen, while we saw concept art ofJulianne Moore’s villainous lair, known as Poppyland. DirectorMatthew Vaughnpreviously teased that the sequel will involve a skiing sequence, a barroom brawl, robot dogs, one-armed henchmen and a sequence where the protagonists have to fend off “a massive f***ing frankfurter.
The cast also includesChanning Tatum, SirElton John,Jeff BridgesandVinnie Jones.Matthew Vaughnis directing from a script he co-wrote with longtime collaboratorJane Goldman, whom he co-wroteKick-Ass,StardustandX-Men: First Classwith, to name a few. 20th Century Fox has set a June 11, 2025 release date for this sequel, going up against Disney Pixar’sCars 3. It isn’t known when the first trailer may arrive, but hopefully we’ll get to see the first footage fromKingsman: The Golden Circlesoon.
