'Kingsman' star Firth wants to work with Jackie Chan
- By Zhang Rui
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While in Beijing to promote his latest sci-fi action flick "Kingsman: The Secret Service" on Monday, Academy Award-winning actor Colin Firth said he would love to work with Jackie Chan in the future.
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Colin Firth speaks at the press conference for "Kingsman: The Secret Service" in Beijing on March 23, 2015. [Photo: Zhang Rui / China.org.cn] |
This is the first time that Firth, 54, has acted in an action movie, but he said he was attracted by the character in the script for "Kingsman: The Secret Service." The veteran English actor said at the Beijing press conference that he worked out for more than three hours every day to prepare for his role. Firth also divulged that he personally performed 90 percent of his character's action scenes for the film, working with some of the same choreographers used by Chinese kung fu star Jackie Chan.
"Of course I would love to cooperate with Jackie Chan," Firth said, revealing that he is a big admirer of Chan and saying that Chan once sent an autographed photo to his son.
Colin Firth's most notable and acclaimed role to date has been his 2010 portrayal of King George VI in "The King's Speech," a performance that gained him an Oscar and a number of other film awards. Firth stars as Harry Hart, aka Galahad, in "Kingsman: The Secret Service," a spy action comedy film by "Kick-Ass" director Matthew Vaughn.
The "Kingsman" movie is based on the comic book "The Secret Service," created by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar. The film follows the story of the recruitment and training of a potential secret agent, Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, into a secret and elegant spy organization named "Kingsman." Eggsy joins a mission to tackle a global threat posed by Richmond Valentine, a wealthy eco-terrorist. "Kingsman" stars Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton and Michael Caine. Colin Firth was the only major star from the film to appear at the Beijing promotional event yesterday since the China premiere has come after the film's release in the United Kingdom in January and in the United States in February.
Firth applauded Vaughan's directing style, which he said made for a funny, unique and brand new spy movie, which also pays tribute to the James Bond movies.
"Kingsman: The Secret Service" will debut nationwide in China on March 27, 2015, but several minutes of the film have been deleted after censors found them to be too violent. The film received positive reviews and has grossed over US$295 million worldwide thus far.
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