Kingsman 2: Matthew Vaughn on The Golden Circle's controversial sex scene

The director spoke to The Independent about the moment

Matthew Vaughn (Getty)

Matthew Vaughn’s no stranger to controversy.

The director famously made headlines with Kick-Ass, the R-Rated superhero movie that featured the 13-year-old Chloë Grace Moretz say: "Okay, you c***s, let's see what you can do now.”

With Kingsman: The Secret Service, some viewers were once again left outraged, this time by a now-infamous anal sex scene.

The sequel, The Golden Circle, has also left some fans angered, again by a controversial sex-scene. ** Spoilers for Kingsman: The Golden Circle ahead **

Mid-way through the film, at Glastonbury music festival, the protagonist Eggsy has consensual sex with another character, but non-consensually plants a tracking device inside her vagina.

Speaking to The Independent, Vaughn spoke about the scene. “I can’t help myself. Once I get prodded I’ll prod back.

“I was laughing and thought no one has done a shot like this before. We figured it out and thought ‘let’s do it’.

“Right now the world has become so sterilised. For just one second, I want people to go ‘Oh my God’ or laugh; to find it funny or not laugh and move on. How many movies do you watch and go ‘I’ve just wasted two hours of my b****y life, can I have it back?’”

Taron Egerton has since revealed he didn’t participate in the scene. Instead, the actress involved — Poppy Delevingne — had her husband act out the moment.

Vaughn also spoke to The Independent about the controversy surrounding the initial Kingsman film, saying: “The criticism of that last scene astonishes me because we’re an R-rated movie.

“The Bond movies have all ended with pure misogynistic innuendo, but everyone thinks that’s funny. I haven’t read any complaints about that.

“It was supposed to be funny and a wink to ‘can you believe this is how they used to end movies?’ I genuinely didn’t think this would cause that much controversy.” Read the full interview here.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is currently in cinemas.