It is confirmed that Colin Firth is chosen to play the role of MI6 spy in X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn’s new project. The movie, entitled The Secret Service, is based on a comic book written by Mark Millar.
The Secret Service is a movie about “James Bond superspy who works for MI6 and takes his slacker nephew under his wing”, The Independent reported.
A source told The Sun: “Colin will have to brush up on his martial arts and gun technique for this film.
“He’ll be starring alongside Liam Neeson, so needs to be on his A-game.
“The film is being billed as Kick-Ass meets James Bond – and Colin will start training soon.
“He’ll head out to film across Europe at the end of the year.”