Taron Egerton, who plays Ethan Kopek in the 2024 Netflix action thriller feature Carry-On, gave a not-so-promising update about the potential sequel to the movie. Carry-On debuted on the streaming giant on December 13, 2024. It drew considerable viewership on the platform and currently has an impressive 88% approval rating on the review-aggregating site Rotten Tomatoes.
Taron Egerton on why Carry-On 2 ‘is really hard’
Egerton indicated during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he was unsure whether Carry-On 2 would happen. When asked if he would consider returning for a sequel now that the movie’s director, Jaume Collet-Serra, has inked a new deal with Netflix, Egerton responded, “Carry-On 2 is really hard. It’s a celebration of Christmas and a celebration of people who work at Christmas. It then needs to have this huge plot that needs to be foiled and maybe the earwig component. All of that is quite hard to achieve in a sequel without it feeling contrived and to the point of defying credulity.”
However, the Kingsman film series star didn’t completely rule out the prospects for the second movie. “So I have not heard anything, but who knows, stranger things have happened,” he added. Egerton also mentioned that he and Collet-Serra wanted “to do more together” and that they had a “nice dinner” recently.
In July 2025, Collet-Serra signed a new contract with Netflix. “From production to release, my experience making Carry-On with the Netflix team was everything a filmmaker could hope for,” the director told Variety. “I’m thrilled to call Netflix my creative home and excited to keep pushing boundaries together, beginning with An Innocent Girl,” he added.
T. J. Fixman penned the script for Carry-On. The cast includes Jason Bateman as The Traveler, Sofia Carson as Nora Parisi, and Danielle Deadwyler as Elena Cole.
Egerton’s latest feature, a crime thriller titled She Rides Shotgun, is currently in select theaters in the U.S.
Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on ComingSoon.
