Archie Reid is a supporting character in the 2021 film The King's Man. He is the original Lancelot.
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The King's Man[]
Lance Corporal Archie Reid was a Scottish soldier from the Black Watch who meets Conrad on the front lines. Conrad switches places with Archie in order to fight in World War One, due to his father, Orlando, using his influence to give him a cushy desk job in London in an attempt to bring him home, giving Archie the nickname "Lancelot" to send his father a message.
Sometime later, Archie delivered the news that Conrad was mistaken for a German spy by a soldier who knew Archie and was executed at gunpoint, devastating Orlando.
A year after the First World War, Orlando purchases the Kingsman Tailor Shop as a front for his organization. Thus, Orlando, Shola, Polly Wilkins, King George, Archie Reid, and a United States Ambassador form the original Kingsman, with each assuming a codename from the King Arthur legend to honor Conrad. Archie received the same codename he had been given by Conrad, “Lancelot”.