The King’s Man’s Rhys Ifans and Djimon Hounsou on the Rasputin Fight Scene

With director Matthew Vaughn’s The King’s Man now playing in theaters, I recently got to speak with Djimon Hounsou and Rhys Ifans about making the Kingsman prequel. As you’ve seen in the trailers, The King’s Man is set against the backdrop of WWI and uses real history to show how the independent intelligence agency came into existence. Loaded with the kind of action you’d expect from Matthew Vaughn, a great cast, and a number of surprises you won’t see coming, I thought The King’s Man was extremely well done and can’t wait to see the next installment. The King’s Man also stars Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Harris Dickinson, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode, Tom Hollander, Daniel Brühl, Djimon Hounsou, and Charles Dance. The King’s Man is based on the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, with story by Vaughn and screenplay by Vaughn & Karl Gajdusek. During the interview, they talked about what surprised them about working with Vaughn, what it’s really like filming a Kingsman