Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Kingsman: The Golden Circle or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Kingsman: The Golden Circle

[duane]

The original cut of the movie had a total run-time of three hours and forty minutes. The movie had so many added scenes during production that FOX even asked director Matthew Vaughn if he wanted to split the film into two separate movies. Vaughn shot down that idea and cut the film to two hours and twenty-one minutes.

[kenzi]

Poppy's compound features a bowling alley. Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges appeared together in The Big Lebowski (1998), in which Bridges's character frequents a bowling alley.

[jim]

When Eggsy and Merlin see Harry for the first time, the glass switches from a mirror to see-through. This glass was made by U.K. company ESG (Witham, Essex).

[nicholas]

Another John Denver song is heard. "Annie's Song" is played while Eggsy drinks alone at the bar.

[ava]

Both the Kingsmen movies' villains are involved in schemes that would result in the death of potentially over half the human population of the planet. Raymond Valentine wanted to cull the population to 'save the world' and was personally involved in committing genocide. Poppy Adams wanted to use the infected drug user population as hostages to force change. However, it should be noted that she (Poppy) didn't want to kill her customers, but just use them as hostages, since the key to good business success is repeat customers.

[jessie]

Due to his prior training and experience in dance, Channing Tatum was able to completely improvise the dance sequence his character displayed in the movie while under the effects of the virus.

[phyllis]

Director Matthew Vaughn revealed that he and Goldman have a third "Kingsman" film planned. In the September 2017 edition of Total Film, Vaughn revealed that his personal choice for the role of the villain of the third Kingsman film is Dwayne Johnson. Vaughn also revealed that with the success of the Kingsman trilogy, he was interested in making a Statesman spin-off.

[fred]

Towards the end of the movie, in the wedding scene of Eggsy, the camera zooms in on the wedding rings as a reference to the name of the sequel: the Golden Circle.

[alyssa]

Taron Egerton was one of the final two actors along with Alden Ehrenreich in contention for the lead role in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) but was forced to drop out when production for this film was green-lit sooner than expected.

[aaron]

Mark Strong, who played Merlin, provided the voice-over for Vue Cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland with regards to cinema etiquette. Exclusively for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) screenings, he delivered the etiquette message in character as Merlin, reminding audiences to switch off their phones in his own unique style.

[duane]

The robot dogs, Bennie and Jet, are a reference to Elton John's song "Bennie and the Jets."

[sara]

The opening credits are accompanied by "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver performed on (bag)pipes. Country Roads is a main thematic of the film due to it being the favorite of the character Merlin (Mark Strong). The combination of the song and the pipes is foreshadowing the demise of the Scottish character.

[sylvia]

This Kingsman movie, the series a modern take on James Bond, pays homage to the original master spy in its sequence in the Italian Alps. In the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), a mountain top lair, filmed in Schilthorn, Switzerland, is accessible via cable car. The location bears a striking resemblance to the scenes filmed at Skyway Monte Bianco in the Italian Alps in Kingsman, also accessible via cable car.

[claude]

After the fight in the London black cab, Eggsy jumps in the driver's seat and engages "Drift Mode." The extensive transformation undergone is as follows: Suspension is lowered, increasing handling ability by lowering the center of mass. Hubcaps are ejected, revealing multi-piece BBS RS wheels. This reduces unsprung mass and allows the brake calipers to cool more efficiently. The automatic transmission lever retracts into the center console and, in its place, a complex mechanism with two levers (sourced from a rally car) rises up. The tallest lever is a hydraulic handbrake used for initiating quick turns at speed. The other lever is the shifter for the sequential transmission.

[ken]

Reunites Colin Firth and Julianne Moore who co-starred in A Single Man (2009).

[marc]

Julianne Moore based her characterization of Poppy on Gene Hackman's performance as Lex Luthor in the Superman movies.

[veronica]

The stadium seen as a holding area for infected people is modeled on the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Some of the colours on the outside of the stadium have been changed.

[willard]

Fourth collaboration between Matthew Vaughn and Mark Strong. They previously worked together on Stardust (2007), Kick-Ass (2010), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).

[jessie]

Director Matthew Vaughn summarized the role of Poppy as, "Martha Stewart on crack...a kooky, sweet, Stepford Wives-style villain that, at the same time, is lethal and crazy and intelligent."