20th Century Studios released “King’s Man: The Origin,” the comic book-based film by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons and starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Harris Dickinson, Daniel Brühl, with Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance.The film was directed by Matthew Vaughn (‘X-Men: First Generation’), who was also in charge of the previous installments of the action-comedy franchise: “King’s Man: Secret Service” (2014) and “King’s Man: The Golden Circle” (2017). This new film will take us to know the origins of the first independent intelligence agency. While a group made up of the worst tyrants and criminal geniuses comes together to plan a war that will wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Filo.news had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable with Arterton, who plays Polly, and Hounsou, who gives life to the character Shola, about the behind the scenes of the film and everything you have to know in the face of its arrival in theaters.
Both have a great career: on the one hand Gemma stood out in films such as “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”, “Murder Mystery” or “Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters”; on the other hand djimon we could see in “Gladiator”, “Captain Marvel”, “A Quiet Place 2″ and more.” My character really knows what she wants and how to get it, and that impressed me a lot,” Gemma told Filo.news and continued: “She also has a sense of humor, you have to have fun in life even when things are really difficult, it’s a way to get things over and she always brings that brilliance.” “When I read the script I loved Polly. She’s one of the only female characters in the film, so I really felt like a responsibility to have to represent so many, so many things. I didn’t want her to just be a strong woman, because sometimes that can be a little boring, I actually wanted her to feel funny, warm, cheeky, all these things.” But at the same time it is a world of men in which it is and has to be the matriarch of that world. She is the one who supports everyone, she is the mother figure of so many people. I think for the period, which is sad, it’s pretty good that she’s the housekeeper, and attract more women to work for the agency. But yes, it’s great that there’s a woman in the agency,” he added. For his part, Djimon told Filo.news: “I think you learn a lot from your characters, especially from their interpretation. You are the instrument, a little bit of those characters stays with you and a little bit of you stays with those characters.”
Gemma Arterton and Djimon Hounsou
According to screenwriter Karl Gajdusek for Sensacine, the goal was to make a “punk, borderline and mischievous” version of the story, the way the first world war was conceived. “It was pure madness and The King’s Man was founded because of that,” he said. The actress expanded on the subject to this medium: “The first world war is something that in the United Kingdom at least they teach us about school. Then I think young people will be familiar with what happened. But I also think it will be a shock to them, it was a really appalling and senseless war.” He then continued: “It was devastating for the country, because all these young people died and a whole generation was lost, and no one really knew what they were fighting. So, I wonder if you know that the younger generation will see that and think about how ridiculous war is. Hopefully I think that will surprise them.” For his part, the actor added Filo: “We learned a couple of things. I think it’s also quite surprising to see how the film incorporates the past and the fictional world of today. I think it’s very well done.” There’s a lot of colonialism throughout history, and I think it’s important to address that and I think that’s what Matthew Matthew Vaughn was trying to achieve. It is absolutely imperative to revisit history so that we do not repeat the same mistakes,” he told other media in the video call.
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The director assembled a large team of filmmakers to bring the film forward to the big screen: production designer Darren Gilford (Star Wars: The Forces Awakens, Kingsman: The Golden Circle); cinematographer Ben Davis (Dumbo, Captain Marvel); costume designer Michele Clapton (Mamma Mia! Let’s go again, Game of Thrones). Also editors Jason Ballantine (It, Mad Max: Fury on the Road) and Rob Hall (Stadium Bombing, Bobby); and the music was composed by Matthew Margeson (Rocketman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle) and Dominic Lewis (Peter Rabbit’s Antics, Chills 2: A Haunted Night).”‘ Kingsman’ is inspired by stories of secret agents but is very contemporary. It’s a bit of Matthew Vaughn’s style, there’s always humor, and the action sequences are a bit hyperactive, they’re much braver. We’re dealing with the original story to turn it into an epic story, it was very exciting to get to that. The idea of mixing past history with a kind of modern look at that history. I think it was quite exciting and hopefully we did a great job,” the actress said. Then he concluded: “You’ll be a little surprised that it’s a little different than the tone of the previous two films. I do think it’s a movie that you have to see in the cinema. It’s loud, it’s gorgeous, it’s epic, all the things you expect from a great Hollywood movie; you need that full experience. I think they did well to wait so long to get it out, because it really deserves to be seen on the big screen.”
