Two British stunt performers, Theo Morton and Douglas Robson, have launched a High Court claim seeking £200,000 from MARV Bespoke Productions Limited, the film company behind the 2017 movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle. The pair say an 18-second clip featuring them — showing Sir Elton John beating up villains in a feathered 1970s suit and platform boots during the film's finale — was used without their permission as a backdrop to the singer's Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. The case highlights disputes over how footage featuring performers can be reused beyond its original purpose.

The clip originated from Sir Elton's cameo in the film, in which he played himself as one of several celebrities held captive by the villain Poppy Adams. The stuntmen, who have worked on productions including Game of Thrones, Dunkirk, The Batman and Guardians of the Galaxy, say they were not paid royalties for the footage's "new use" in the tour, which ran from 2018 to 2023 across 330 performances and which they describe as the highest-grossing concert tour in history. Each is claiming £100,000 for breach of contract. MARV Bespoke Productions is owned by director Matthew Vaughn and his wife, model Claudia Schiffer.