Samuel L. Jackson will play the villain in Matthew Vaughn's The Secret Service
Last week, The A.V. Club reported that director Matthew Vaughn was looking to cast the main villain in The Secret Service, his latest adaptation of a Mark Millar graphic novel (Millar also wrote Kick-Ass, which Vaughn adapted for the screen). After big names like Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio turned down the role, Vaughn was reported to be looking for someone with "that level of name recognition."