Is Taron Edgerton Gay? Gettg His Sexualy Revealed

Contents:

• TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
• TARON EGERTON ON WHY HE’S NOT THE RIGHT F FOR BOND AND WHETHER STRAIGHT ACTORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY GAY ROL
• 'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
• TARON EGERTON: ‘AT 14 OR 15, I HAD A PERD OF THKG I MIGHT BE GAY’
• TARON EGERTON ADDRS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL AFTER APPEARG AS ELTON JOHN
• IS TARON EDGERTON GAY? GETTG HIS SEXUALY REVEALED
• ROCKETMAN STAR TARON EGERTON ADDRS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL
• TARON EGERTON: ‘I ALWAYS FELT MORE AT HOME A GAY CLUB THAN AT A FOOTBALL MATCH’
• ELTON JOHN SAYS CRICISM OVER TARON EGERTON PORTRAYG A GAY MAN ‘ROCKETMAN’ IS ‘BULLS—‘

TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY

Taron Egerton Clarifi His Sexualy the Wake of Speculatn That He’s Gay"We are all secure who we are.

TARON EGERTON ON WHY HE’S NOT THE RIGHT F FOR BOND AND WHETHER STRAIGHT ACTORS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY GAY ROL

Egerton has now given an official answer, tellg Rad Tim per Metro, “One of the lads was at my London flat and I Instagrammed a picture of him and said ‘Look at this cutie’, and a ln outlets reported I was g out as gay…I’m not gay but two of my mat me out when I was 15 and was a joy to support them bee, as a group, we are all secure who we are. Taron Egerton says that although he believ his body type means he’s “not the right choice” to play Jam Bond, actors regardls of their sexualy should be allowed to play gay. While nfirmg that he “wouldn’t change [Rocketman], ” spe differg box office performanc between his film and Bohemian Rhapsody — released certa ternatnal untri after makg cuts around Queen lead sger Freddie Mercury’s relatnships wh men — Egerton addrsed a qutn around the ongog bate of whether straight actors should be able to play gay characters.

Sparked by gay actors’ historil excln not only om straight rol Hollywood but om parts that reflect their own sexualy, ’s a nversatn Egerton has found himself part of multiple tim, playg John and as well as durg his short n Cock. “I grew up a very liberal town, and a uple of my close iends are gay.

“I don’t particularly feel that there should be a blanket le about whether straight actors should play gay rol.

'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'

Upon hearg that Rocketman’s gay ntent had been removed for the Rsian market, Elton and the filmmakers released a sternly word statement that read: “That the lol distributor has eded out certa scen, nyg the dience the opportuny to see the film as was tend is a sad reflectn of the divid world we still live and how n still be so celly unacceptg of the love between two people.

” And while Egerton prais BoRap — explag that that movie was tend to tell Queen’s story, not jt Freddie Mercury’s — he says of Rocketman, “I'm very proud of the fact that our movie puts [homosexualy] ont and center, bee I thk 's a big part of Elton's history.

TARON EGERTON: ‘AT 14 OR 15, I HAD A PERD OF THKG I MIGHT BE GAY’

”While Rocketman has weathered s own accatns of straightwashg due to s stg of Egerton, who is heterosexual, the leadg role, Egerton says for the most part, “When I speak to journalists who belong to the gay publitns, they've been very, very warm, and very appreciative. " The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film is a trailblazer, llg the first major stud project to "pict gay male sex" and explore "s subject's sexual awakeng whout flchg. Taron isn't gay, but he supports LGBTQ issu.

TARON EGERTON ADDRS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL AFTER APPEARG AS ELTON JOHN

Taron Egerton has repeatedly been qutned about his sexualy sce takg on the role of gay in Elton John. Edgerton clarified his viral post: "One of the lads was at my London flat and I Instagrammed a picture of him and said, 'Look at this cutie, ' and a ln outlets reported I was g out as gay.

IS TARON EDGERTON GAY? GETTG HIS SEXUALY REVEALED

I'm not gay but two of my mat me out when I was 15 and was a joy to support them bee, as a group, we are all secure who we are.

While Egerton has been open about his heterosexualy, he has also spoken up about his open-mdns, tellg GQ that he always "felt more at home a gay club than at a football match. Our ncept of what a straight man or gay man looks like or is expected to behave 20 years will be nothg like is now.

Rocketman star Taron Egerton has opened up about his own procs of sexual disvery, revealg he “had a perd” of thkg he might be be gay after iends of his me out at school. The Welsh actor, who plays Sir Elton John the upg mcial bpic, said that while he’ll never be able to fully relate to the experienc of LGBTQ people, he has “some unrstandg” of what might be like to have to e to terms wh beg gay after qutng his own sexualy durg his teenage years. “When I was 14 or 15, I had a perd of thkg I might be gay and I spoke to my mother about , ” Taron says as he pos for an eclive shoot by Damon Baker Attu’s June issue, available to download and to orr globally.

ROCKETMAN STAR TARON EGERTON ADDRS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL

The Kgsman star says he only agreed to play the role of Sir Elton  Rocketman after cidg the story was one the gay muny uld feel “a sense of ownership over”, and reveals that he also drew on his experience of helpg a close iend e to terms wh beg gay. While last year’s Osr-wng micial bpic Bohemian Rhapsody was cricised by many for ‘straight-washg’ Freddie Mercury’s story, Taron sists that Rocketman do not shy away om Elton’s sexualy, and that that he feels “privileged” to be takg on the role of one of the world’s most famo gay men, spe intifyg as straight. “It’s easy for me to s here as a whe heterosexual man and say I should be able to play a part I want, but I pletely unrstand why a gay actor would feel that this an opportuny for which they would be better sued, ” he says.

I am proud and privileged to be playg this person who happens to be gay.

TARON EGERTON: ‘I ALWAYS FELT MORE AT HOME A GAY CLUB THAN AT A FOOTBALL MATCH’

Gay. Rocketman star Taron Egerton has weighed on the thorny bate over whether gay rol films and TV shows should exclively go to gay 33-year-old star soped a Goln Globe for his role as Elton John the 2019 bpic Rocketman, wh his pictn earng him wi praise om crics and viewers alike. You n see him actn here:In recent years there's been much bate Hollywood about whether 's acceptable for straight stars to play gay characters, wh some suggtg only someone who is LGBTQ+ uld brg thenticy to the Kgsman actor has prevly addrsed the issue of beg a straight man playg the gay sger/songwrer - admtg to GQ 2019 that he felt nervo about takg on the revealed: "The thg I was nervo of...

There’s a certa amount of trepidatn around playg a gay character when you’re a heterosexual. Cred: Paramount Pictur He told the publitn: "I grew up a very liberal town, and a uple of my close iends are gay.

ELTON JOHN SAYS CRICISM OVER TARON EGERTON PORTRAYG A GAY MAN ‘ROCKETMAN’ IS ‘BULLS—‘

I don’t particularly feel that there should be a blanket le about whether straight actors should play gay rol. ”Openly gay actor Le Evans has prevly shared a siar opn, albe lookg at om a different angle. Egerton says he don't believe only gay actors should play gay characters.

Cred: Paramount Pictur Evans was asked his views durg a recent terview wh the Telegraph after Doctor Who shownner Rsel T Davi said he thought only gay actors should play gay asked if he agreed, he said: “I’m not sure about that.