You thought losing your luggage was the worst thing that could happen at the airport? Taron Egerton begs to differ. The Rocketman and Kingsman star has taken on his next assignment: Carry-On. In the new thriller, Egerton plays Ethan Kopek, a TSA agent who’s blackmailed by a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman), inducing perhaps the most airport anxiety ever.
What is Carry-On about?
Written by T.J. Fixman (the Ratchet & Clank video games), Carry-On follows young TSA agent Ethan (Egerton) as he fights to outsmart a mysterious traveler who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto a Christmas Eve flight.
Egerton, best known for his turn as dashing Secret Service recruit Gary “Eggsy” Unwin in the Kingsman franchise and his remarkable transformation into rock legend Elton John in Rocketman, was eager to drop the flash and slip into a more relatable character.
The high-stakes circumstances come courtesy of Jason Bateman’s sinister villain, whom Ethan initially meets as a voice through headphones that threatens his pregnant girlfriend (Sofia Carson) if he doesn’t comply with instructions.
Vocabulary
| to beg | könyörögni |
| to differ | eltérni |
| to take on an assignment | elvállalni egy feladatot |
| to blackmail | zsarolni |
| TSA agent (Transportation Security Administration) | közlekedésbiztonsági felügyelő |
| to outsmart | túljárni az eszén valakinek |
| to slip | itt: becsúsztatni |
| dashing | stílusos, lendületes |
| remarkable | figyelemre méltó |
| to be eager to | lelkesedni valamiért |
| relatable | szimpatikus, szerethető |
| high-stakes | kockázatos, rizikós |
| circumstances | körülmények |
| sinister | baljós |
| villain | gazember |
| to threaten | fenyegetni |
| to comply with | eleget tenni valaminek |
