Matthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation of Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) and Dave Gibbons’ (Watchmen) The Secret Service has so far been received very well by those who have seen footage at a number of events recently, and the first stills from the highly anticipated movie have now been released.
It’s hard to tell how much the story has changed in its transition from page to screen, but there do appear to be a few notable character alterations or additions.
Regardless, the story – Colin Firth’s Bond-like agent teaches his rough around the edges nephew (Taron Egerton) to also become a spy – appears to still very much be the focus of The Secret Service and based on what Vaughn did with Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class, this could quite easily be one of 2014’s best comic book movies!
Also featured in the stills below are Samuel L. Jackson and the legendary Michael Caine. When asked how it felt to tackle a big budget action movie, Firth revealed:
“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.”
The Secret Service is set to be released on October 24th, 2014.
Source: EW
