Go-to comic-related-movie actor Samuel Jackson has been cast as the villain in Secret Service, according to Variety. The film will also star Taron Egerton and Colin Firth (see "Colin Firth in 'Secret Service'"), with Matthew Vaughn directing. Vaughn directed Kick-Ass, which like Secret Service is based on a Mark Millar-penned comic, and produced Kick-Ass 2. The art on Secret Service is by Dave Gibbons.

As Villain
Posted by ICv2 on August 4, 2013 @ 5:10 pm CT

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