by REERA YOO | @reeraboo
editor@charactermedia.com
Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth is “absolutely thrilled” by the enormous popularity of spy flick Kingsman: The Secret Service in South Korea.
Adapted from a Mark Millar-Dave Gibbons comic book, Kingsman tells the story of a spy organization that recruits an unrefined, street kid to become a potential secret agent. Since its Feb. 11 theatrical release, the action comedy has shockingly topped box offices, drawing over 5 million moviegoers and grossing about $40 million in Korea, alone. The action comedy quickly became the highest-grossing foreign R-rated film in Korean box office history, surpassing blockbuster 300.
“I knew when we were making it, it would hit a certain spot for some people,” Firth said in a Fox Korea interview. “But to see it do so well in a territory as important as Korea is certainly gratifying.”
While Firth admitted that he has never visited Korea, he expressed interest in traveling to Seoul when the Kingsman sequel releases.
“I’m dying to go—even more so now, really,” the actor said. “Korean cinema, korean cuisine, all that sort of thing, it’s something that we’re all very, very well aware of. … There’s no question I’ll go.”
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Featured image courtesy of 20th Century Fox
