Line #12 Trivia/TheKingsMan


1	* ActingForTwo: Creator/TomHollander played King [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor George V]], [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany Kaiser]] UsefulNotes/WilhelmII and UsefulNotes/{{Tsar\|Tsar Autocrats}} UsefulNotes/NicholasII. All three men were cousins, and George V and Nicholas II were noted for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V#/media/File:Tsar_Nicholas_II_&_King_George_V.JPG their striking resemblance]] and even played with this on occasion. In fact, Hollander is credited as "Tom Hollander³" in acknowledgement of his multiple roles.
2	* AllStarCast: This one is pretty star-studded with Creator/RalphFiennes, Creator/HarrisDickinson, Creator/DanielBruhl, Creator/RhysIfans, Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/CharlesDance, Creator/MatthewGoode, Creator/TomHollander, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/StanleyTucci and Creator/AlexandraMariaLara.
3	* BoxOfficeBomb: With the Usefulnotes/COVID19Pandemic, underwhelming reviews and ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' to hinder its box office performance, the film was a far cry from the $400+ million earned by each of the first two ''Film/{{Kingsman}}'' movies with $125.7 million worldwide on a $100 million budget.
4	* ContractualObligationProject: Since the movie was already filmed when Creator/{{Disney}} acquired 20th Century Fox, the larger company had to honor their new subsidiary's release schedule and release it theatrically.
5	* FakeNationality:
6	** The English Creator/TomHollander portrays the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Russian Tsar Nicholas II.
7	** The German-Spanish Creator/DanielBruhl portrays Austrian-Jewish Erik Jan Hanussen.
8	** Austrian Valerie Pachner portrays Dutch Mata Hari.
9	* FakeRussian:
10	** The Welsh Creator/RhysIfans as UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin.
11	** The German Creator/AugustDiehl as UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin.
12	* FakeScot:
13	** [[spoiler:The English Creator/MatthewGoode portrays the Scottish Shepherd who fakes a English accent for his cover identity as Captain Morton.]]
14	** The English Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson portrays Archie Reid.
15	* FoilerFootage: [[spoiler:Conrad's grave is shown in the trailers, but his name on his grave marker is altered.]]
16	* ProductionPosse: Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson comes back to work with Creator/MatthewVaughn again after ''Film/KickAss''.
17	* ReleaseDateChange: No less than ''eight times'', making the picture even unluckier than fellow Fox production ''Film/TheNewMutants'' in that department. First set to be released on November 9, 2019, then was moved to February 14, 2020. However, just a few months before its release, it was moved again by Disney, to September 18, 2020. With the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic occurring in the interim between the two release dates, it was pushed back yet again to February 26th, 2021, followed by a fifth release date of February 12th, a sixth release date of March 12th, a seventh of August 20, and an eighth on December 22, which stuck. Creator/{{Disney}} was contractually obligated to release it theatrically, hence why it wasn't possible to simply release it on video-on-demand or a streaming service. However, it would end up arriving on both Creator/HBOMax and Creator/{{Hulu}} less than two months after its theatrical release.
18	* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The film (which was completed in mid-2019) was released two years and one month after its initial release date.
19	* UnderageCasting: Valarie Pachner as Mata Hari who would have been 40-41 during most of the events of the film. Pachner was the better part of a decade younger at 32-33 during production
20	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/BradPitt and Creator/RachelWeisz were considered for roles in the film.
21	* WorkingTitle: The film was first known as ''Kingsman: The Great Game'' before being titled ''The King's Man''.

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