“I knew the film was happening and I tried to throw my hat in the ring more than three years ago,” Egerton says. So it’s quite the risk for Paramount: indeed, there are more than a few hints of a tug of war between the studio, which is relying on this as its big northern summer movie, and the filmmakers defending their work’s integrity.īut for Egerton it’s an incredible opportunity, and one he’s thrown himself at, even before he was given the role. Egerton has a great voice – John told one magazine when he listened to the soundtrack “I thought it was me”, though as one of the film’s executive producers he’s not exactly a disinterested observer. The trailers mostly make it look like your standard rise-to-fame story but apparently it isn’t: Hollywood Reporter described it as an “impressionistic, nonlinear” story “filled with sequences of substance abuse and frank depictions of gay sex” weaving fantasy musical numbers into the alcohol, drug and sex-fuelled rise of John to stardom.Īlso unlike Rhapsody its lead actually sings the songs. The film is also, inevitably, going to draw comparisons to Bohemian Rhapsody, which Fletcher completed after Fox fired Bryan Singer.But while Rhapsody was roundly criticised for glossing and buffing the rough edges of Mercury’s life, Rocketman has been given an R rating in the US for “language throughout, some drug use and sexual content”. Justin Chang of the LA Times also applaued him, writing: ‘He doesn’t disappear into the role, exactly, but he accomplishes something nearly as remarkable, which is to locate subtle depths of feeling in a character we first see wearing a devil-horned chicken costume.’ ‘He’s brilliant, an electrifying presence,’ wrote John Nugent for Empire Magazine of Egerton.
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What the critics are sayingĬritics are praising the film for a variety of things, namely Egerton’s performance and its honoring of Elton John’s legacy. This is in contrast to criticism Bohemian Rhapsody received for shying away from Freddie Mercury’s sexuality. Scenes in Rocketman depict frank conversations about John’s sexuality, oral sex, same-sex kissing, and one bedroom sex scene. Elton John, after all, is not a niche figure in the music world.
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Paramount is releasing Rocketman - making it the first major studio to release a movie with gay male sex aimed at general, mass audiences. Smaller production banners, however, released those two movies (Focus Features and Sony Pictures Classic, respectively). Before it, Brokeback Mountain and Call Me By Your Name, both nominated for Oscars, broke such ground. Rocketman is not the first movie released on the big screen to depict gay male sex (or at the very least show a little before cutting away). The movie, when it’s released in the coming weeks in the UK and US, is set to both make history and win over many fans.
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Taron Egerton is crying at the end of #Rocketman. When the movie finished screening, the audience - which consisted of John, leading star Taron Egerton, and director Dexter Fletcher - burst into applause.įootage of the event showed Egerton tearing up as people roared with applause around him. Rocketman, the upcoming biopic of Elton John, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday (16 May) to rave reviews.