10 Amazing Supporting Characters You Wish Movies Were Centred On

Back in 2014, Kingsman: The Secret Service helped launch the career of Taron Edgerton, but he wasn't the only actor to give a fantastic performance to Matthew Vaughn's movie. With the majority of the Kingsman outfit gone, it fell to Eggsy (Edgerton), Merlin (Mark Strong), and Sophie Cookson's Roxy.

The latter was a fantastic addition to the team, however that didn't stop her from being unceremoniously killed at the beginning of the sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The writers wanted Eggsy and Merlin to be on their own and facing impossible odds, but would have keeping Roxy alive really have changed that so much? One more person against the world?

In the first movie, Cookson's character offered a friend and ally to Eggsy, not just through their training, but when taking down Samuel L. Jackson's Richmond Valentine at the film's conclusion. She more than earned her title as Kingsman's new Lancelot, and after helping Eggsy with meeting Tilde's parents, she deserved more than to die.

The Golden Circle is significantly weaker than The Secret Service, and could have used an established presence like Roxy throughout. She could have snapped the boys out of their drunken depression, grabbed the entire Poppy situation by the scruff of the neck, and dragged them through it. They needed a leader, and it should have been Roxy. There is no reason Sophie Cookson shouldn't have been right up there with Taron Edgerton as the top billing after her performance in the original film.