Elton John Confirmed For ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ [UPDATED]
By Angie Han/May 17, 2016 3:15 pm EST
It’s been a long time since Tommy….. #Kingsman
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Our original story from April 12, 2016 follows.
THR reported on the Kingsman Elton John casting. In Kingsman, John joins Taron Egerton as series lead Eggsy, Mark Strong as Kingsman agent Merlin, and Julianne Moore as new villain Poppy. The production has additionally hinted that Colin Firth will return as Harry Hart.
While John is no stranger to Hollywood — he’s even won an Oscar, for “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King — he very rarely appears onscreen as an actor. His limited credits on that front include cameos as himself in Spice World and The Simpsons, and voiceover narration in The Road to El Dorado. Interestingly, Vaughn originally wanted John for a cameo in the first film, Kingsman: The Secret Service, as he told ABC News Radio last year:
However, Vaughn ultimately cut the scene for a couple of reasons:
I was umming and ahhing ‘cause it had a whole fun subplot about celebrities being kidnapped. And I had an idea of, who’s the worst celebrity you’d want to have locked in a cell? And I came up with Elton John, and having Elton John throwing these huge tantrums. And then I wanted to do an action scene of Elton John kicking the living daylights out of people.
It may be that the scene has been reinstated for the sequel. Or perhaps in the time since, Vaughn’s come up with another excuse to bring John into the fold. No details have been released yet about John’s role in the movie.
First of all, the celebrities said no. And then I just got uncomfortable with, how do you have celebrities playing themselves, opposite famous actors playing another role? The suspension of disbelief suddenly becomes harder to pull off.
