Whats the fascination with the British and crime and gangsters?
There are a lot of gangster movies out of there, especially lately. Matthew Vaughn: There are a lot more romantic comedies. But what would you say is the fascination with gangsters and crime? Matthew Vaughn: People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn’t matter what genre it is. For some reason – I don’t know what it is about gangster films, but it seems to be pinpointed as – people say, “God it’s another gangster film!” But there’s another romantic comedy coming out every week but no one says “Oh, it’s another romantic comedy” or “It’s another action film.” For some reason gangster is the only genre where people go, “Oh no, another gangster film.” How much did you have to do with writing this screenplay? Matthew Vaughn: Quite a bit. The writer did the first draft on his own and it was 408 pages. How long was the book? Matthew Vaughn: About 390! Absolutely stupid. So I went OK, rolled up my sleeves and – it took 8 months, which really surprised me. The project I’m o
