
Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn has never been coy about his distaste for Hollywood’s shadier practices. Over the years, he’s been pretty candid about his experiences with the X-Men franchise at Fox, and the times he’s had to walk away from the property altogether. But a recent anecdote the Kingsman director told from New York Comic-Con might just be the most shocking yet — not only because it unearths even more behind-the-scenes drama, but because it reaffirms an unspoken truth about Hollywood’s most overlooked stories.