The British musician posts on Instagram a photo of star-shaped glasses and a quote that refers to his 1973 song 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting'.
- May 18, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Elton John is officially part of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle". A little over a month after news broke that he's in negotiations to join the sequel, the British musician himself confirmed his involvement in an Instagram post he shared earlier this week.
John uploaded a poster showing a pair of star-shaped glasses and the quote "Wednesday night's alright for fighting", which is a clear reference to his 1973 song "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting". He captioned the image, "It's been a long time since Tommy..... #Kingsman."
While John has very few experience in acting in front of the camera, Matthew Vaughn who's returning to direct the sequel has been thinking about casting the singer for quite some time. He wanted John to be included in the first film for "a whole fun subplot about celebrities being kidnapped."
The plan was eventually scrapped. "First of all, the celebrities said no. And then I just got uncomfortable with, how do you have celebrities playing themselves, opposite famous actors playing another role? The suspension of disbelief suddenly becomes harder to pull off," Vaughn explained in an interview last year.
"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is set to open in U.S. theaters June 16, 2017. John joins Taron Egerton and Mark Strong who will reprise their respective roles from 2014's "Kingsman: The Secret Service". Colin Firth will also be back though his character seems to have died in the first movie. Halle Berry, Channing Tatum and Julianne Moore are among new cast members.
