FILM 1731: KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE
TRIVIA: The film's cast includes
five Oscar winners: Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Jeff Bridges, Colin Firth, and Elton John.
Third film of 2017 to feature the
song 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver. The
other films to feature the song are Alien: Covenant (2017),
and Logan Lucky (2017)
(which also stars Channing Tatum). The director, Matthew Vaughn, was
shocked when he found out about how popular Denver and his songs had become in
2017 films, with him saying he "...wrote John Denver into the script two
and a half years ago thinking 'No one really talks about John Denver
anymore.'"
This marks the third time that
actor Bruce
Greenwood has played the United States President. He previously
played President John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days (2000)
and a fictitious U.S. President in National Treasure: Book of
Secrets (2007). Greenwood can never actually run for President
in real life because he was born in Canada.
The robot dogs, Bennie and Jet, are
a reference to Elton John's song "Bennie and the Jets."
Mark Strong, who
plays Merlin, provides the voice-over for Vue Cinemas in the UK and Ireland
with regards to cinema etiquette. Exclusively for "Kingsman: The Golden
Circle" screenings, he delivers the etiquette message in character as
Merlin, reminding audiences to switch off their phones in his own unique style.
On the Statesmans' plane, a bottle
of Born and Bred Vodka can be seen on the bar. Channing Tatum is
the owner of this vodka brand.
First film that Colin Firth and Jeff Bridges have
appeared in together. They have twice competed with each other for the Best
Actor Academy Award. In 2009, Bridges won for Crazy Heart (2009),
while Firth was nominated for A Single Man (2009). In 2010, Firth won for The King's Speech (2010),
while Bridges was nominated for True Grit (2010).
The original subtitle was The
Golden Triangle, named after the area that borders Thailand, Laos and Myanmar.
However, when the film was test screened three times, the filmmakers found out
that no one in the test audience had heard of the area's geography nor the history
with that title. It was then decided to change the word Triangle to Circle.
