‘King’s Man: The Origin’ goes back 100 years to show how the secret intelligence agency was formed

The King’s Man (English title) brings together an all-star cast to tell an action-packed espionage story. the prequel The origin, directed by Matthew Vaughn, stars Ralph Fiennes as the Duke of Oxford, a veteran of the Boer War, who must instruct his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson) in the art of combat. This involves an introduction to a certain Savile Row tailor shop and the espionage secrets it contains; but not before facing a group of diabolical figures drawn from the pages of history that threatens the entire world.

Vaughn brings his third installment of the spy action movies Kingsman to the big screen. This time set in the early 20th century to tell the story of how the independent intelligence agency Kingsman is created. to defeat a war plot. the movies follow Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), both set in the present day and starring Colin Firth and Taron Egerton as spy knights.

Fiennes plays the Duke of Oxford, whom he describes as a pacifist. “I have a son and… I want to protect him from going to war. But the Duke’s journey is that he recognizes that there are times when the forces of darkness and evil are so strong and so threatening that you may have to take up your sword to defend the things that matter to you.” Variety.

Based on the comic the secret service, the film also stars Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans and Tom Hollander. “There’s some pressure when you join something that’s already been created, but at the same time, with this movie in particular… we don’t get into characters that have already been made. You have room to create your own thing,” said Harris Dickinson.

The King’s Man depicts the outbreak of the First World War as a childlike ego feud between King George, German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm, and Russian leader Tsar Nicholas, all played by Tom Hollander. Rasputin (Rhys Ifans), in the midst of keeping the tsar and his wife addicted to opium, belongs to a secret cabal of criminals who gather to listen to their fearless leader, who is only seen by the back of his bald head. head as he yearns to rule the world.

Filmmaker Vaughn’s inspiration for The King’s Man It has an origin in the cinema itself. I saw a movie I hadn’t seen in a long time called The man who could be king”, dice Vaughn a GamesRadar. “It just reminded me of a lot of things that I fell in love with in film. It was a genre where I thought, ‘What happened to that?’ That kind of story, epic, adventure, great characters, funny, serious, action, it had it all.”

It also says that Lawrence de Arabia Y The canyons of Navarone they inspired him for the spy trilogy. “I was reminded of Kingsman folklore and (the scene) with Harry and Eggsy going down in the elevator, Harry saying how Kingsman was founded and why. I was like ‘God, that’s a good story.’ All of a sudden, I saw this movie and thought, ‘Okay, it’s time to write it,’ and off we go.”

Adds Fiennes: “I loved some of the scenes. Especially those that are painful: the pain of a father who does not want his son to lose his son… There is tension, there is emotional tension, but backed by a true filial love between the two”.

One of the protagonists is Conrad (Dickinson), the Duke’s son, who struggles to balance his association with the fledgling gang with his strong sense of duty to the British cause in World War I. Conrad’s decisions are fundamental in the foundations of the independent espionage organization, forming a key element of the Duke’s plans for the Kingsman organization. “I think at that age where you’re starting to be who you are as a young man, being told you can’t do something or being told no, makes you want to do it even more. I realized that certain people I grew up with had very strict parents. Those were the ones who usually got a bit unruly… So I think he wants to go and prove himself. My character wants to go and fight for a cause”, says the young actor, whom we saw in maleficent (2019) and Beach Rats (2017).