Colin Firth stars in Matthew Vaughn’s next comic book movie, ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service.’  The story is based on Mark Miller’s comic book about a James Bond-style spy (Firth) who trains his street punk nephew (Taron Egerton) to become the next spy. 

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Colin Firth talks about working out for the movie, his transition from Mr. Darcy to becoming a kick ass spy, and more.  

“We missed all the spy movies we loved as kids, whether it was Bond or ‘In Like Flint.’ They had a sense of humor as well as being a thriller,” director Matthew Vaughn told EW. “With [‘Kingsman’], we’re subversing the spy movie genre as we know it.” 

Firth on injuries sustained while filming the movie, “Oh yeah, I’d be ashamed to tell you I hadn’t. We were ludicrously proud of our bruises, however small. The first bruise I got, which basically changed the color of my arm, was photographed and everyone said, “That’s going to have to go on the DVD or some website, just to prove that you did this.” And I broke a tooth. I think one of the reasons why Matthew wanted me to do so much of it myself was because of the improbability in people’s minds. You feel anyone can have a scene where you cut to a stunt guy, but because no one expects me to do this, he really wanted to sell the idea that it was me doing it.”

You can read more of EW’s interview with Firth here.

Synopsis:

Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, and Taron Egerton.

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ opens in theaters on October 24, 2014.