‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ Adds ‘Game Of Thrones’ Red Viper Pedro Pascal
The downside ofGame of Thrones' pull-no-punches unpredictability is that it’s really easy to fall in love with a character, only to see them suddenly disappear from the show. But the upside ofthatis that it frees upGame of Thronesactors to pop up in other cool projects. LikePedro Pascal, who once played fan favorite Oberyn Martell, and who is now set to co-star inMatthew Vaughn’sKingsman: The Golden Circle.
Deadlinereports Pascal has joinedKingsman: The Golden Circleas a character they believe to be called Jack Daniels. This is probably the same Jack we heard about last month — a leader of Statesman (a top-secret intelligence organization that’s the American equivalent of Kingsman). He was described at the time as a “swaggering, sharpshooting cowboy,” which should suit Pascal to a T.
Besides Jack, new characters on deck forKingsman: The Golden Circleinclude Ginger, another Statesman leader to be played byHalle Berry(because “Jack & Ginger,” get it?), and Poppy, a villain to be played byJulianne Moore. Returning characters includeTaron Egertonas franchise lead Eggsy,Mark Strongas Merlin, andEdward Holcroftas Charlie. The marketing has also heavily implied thatColin Firthwill reprise his role as Harry Hart, despite (spoiler alert!) getting killed off in the last movie. Vaughn andJane Goldmanonce again wrote the script.
Kingsman: The Golden Circlehas Eggsy and Merlin crossing the Atlantic to team up with their Stateside counterparts, after an attack in London demolishes the Kingsman headquarters. Whereas the British Kingsmen follow a sort of “Knights of the Round Table” theme, the American Statesmen are all about the booze — their headquarters is disguised as a whiskey distillery. WhileThe Golden Circlewon’t have another scene like that insane church massacre fromThe Secret Service, Vaughn has teased other stuff we’ve “never seen before,” including a scene of the heroes getting attacked by “a massive fucking frankfurter.”
Pascal wasn’t exactly a newbie when he signed on forGame of Thrones– among other things, he’d had recurring roles inThe Good Wife,Lights Out, andGraceland– but his charismatic turn as the Red Viper opened him to a wider audience. He’s since starred in the Netflix seriesNarcosand has wrapped Zhang Yimou’sThe Great Wall, due out in the U.S. next year. Regardless of how you felt aboutKingsman: The Secret Service,The Golden Circleis looking more and more like a must-see, if for no other reason than to see this cast sink their teeth into some pulpy material.
