Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s The Secret Service did very well at the box office. It pulled in high audience numbers, delighted critics and threw a well-aimed, and timely, genre grenade into the espionage field and then ran for cover.

The inevitable sequel is now being talked about. Julianne Moore looks to be on the cards for the role of Kingsman 2’s main villain, Colin Firth’s dead Harry Hart will, despite early story ideas, actually stay dead, and the team of Eggsy and Merlin will be crossing the pond and heading for America. That’s according to one of the cast of the forthcoming film.

Talking on the Radio 1’s “Movies with Ali Plumb” podcast surviving Kingsman Mark Strong explained the ideas being kicked around currently,

“All I know is that it’s happening and that Merlin is in it, that Eggsy and Merlin team-up, that there is an American element.

Through a number of conversations with Matthew [Vaughn], I know we’ll be filming in America, so I assume there is some American element to the second one.”

Listen to the interview on the Radio 1 website here.

Vaughn’s next big venture will be as producer on Dexter Fletcher’s future classic Eddie the Eagle which launches across the world very shortly. No details on yet on where Kingsman 2 features on his radar but the thought of nerd-commando Merlin and backdoor superspy Eggsy teaming up has us very excited.