The back story of Argylle, the spy played by Henry Cavill

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Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle will be released in cinemas on February 2 and premiered at a late date on Apple TV+. Apart from Henry Cavill, the spy thriller stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose and Samuel L Jackson. The plot revolves around the writer Elly Conway and her pet cat Alfie, who get sucked into a globe-trotting international plot. The novel Argylle, also written by Elly Conway, explores Aubrey Argylle’s back story, his recruitment by the Central Intelligence Agency, and his entanglement with Russian businessman Vasily Federov, who is chasing a...