 On November 9, 2018, Egerton confirmed he would not return for the prequel, however, he would still portray the character in future installments, saying "I don't know how hot off the press this is, and I think I'm allowed to say it, but I'm not in the next Kingsman movie.That doesn't mean I won't be in Kingsman ever again.I was with Matthew Vaughn as little as a few days ago, we're still very much in business together, but his next journey in that world doesn't involve me."