Kingsman: The Secret Service director Matthew Vaughn has confirmed that he is keen to make a sequel.
Vaughn's film has proved a hit at the UK box office since arriving in cinemas on January 29, but opens in the crucial North American market today (February 13). Asked whether he would return to make a sequel, Vaughn told Moviefone: "I'd love to do another one... But it's up to the audience. If they go see it and want another one, I would absolutely love to do it."
Vaughn also revealed that any Kingsman sequel would be centred on Egerton's character Eggsy, an intelligent youngster from the wrong side of the tracks who is trained to become a gentleman spy, rather than Colin Firth's upper crust secret agent Harry Hart.
"This movie really is the origin story of Eggsy," he said of the current Kingsman film. "And Eggsy is really the real, true modern gentleman spy. It really isn't Harry Hart. Harry Hart is the old cliché of what you think a gentleman spy is. Eggsy will be taking on a whole new way [in the sequel]."
Vaughn continued: "You wouldn't believe what we've got in store. Poor Mark Strong will be going on a journey that he never imagined. And we've got this idea to introduce the world to the American branch of the Kingsman."
"And the villain we've come up with... We've got a really fun idea for the sequel," Vaughn added teasingly. Read NME's 8/10 review of Kingsman: The Secret Service here.