'Rocketman', the Elton John mil, tak a moment to reimage how gay sex uld be picted. Here's why the albe brief sex scene between Taron Egerton and Richard Madn, who play Elton John and John Reid, feels sensual, fun, and a big step the right directn for Hollywood.
Contents:
- 'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD
- ELTON JOHN ADMS HE CAN'T WRE LYRICS, REGRETS BEG TOO BY WH DGS TO BE GAY ACTIVIST
- ROCKETMAN: ELTON JOHN MOVIE HAS ‘EXPLIC’ GAY SEX SCEN, TARON EGERTON REVEALS
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
The 'Rocket Man' hmaker adms he stggled to wre song lyrics and regrets beg 'too down the p of dgs and drk' to advote for gay rights durg his heyday. * rocket man gay *
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. ”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.
ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD
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ELTON JOHN ADMS HE CAN'T WRE LYRICS, REGRETS BEG TOO BY WH DGS TO BE GAY ACTIVIST
Taron Egerton rpond to claims that Paramount attempted to cut out a gay sex scene om the Elton John bpic "Rocketman." * rocket man gay *
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(Photo: Michael Ochs Archiv/Getty Imag)Tp nces that there are some artistic liberti taken Rocketman for the sake of ncise storytellg, though he says “the only thg about the movie that isn't chronologilly rrect is I was not aware of Elton's homosexualy until later than 's portrayed the film.
ROCKETMAN: ELTON JOHN MOVIE HAS ‘EXPLIC’ GAY SEX SCEN, TARON EGERTON REVEALS
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ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
There is a mon, wi-spread misnceptn that Elton’s lyrics are g the imagery of the rocket as a phallic symbol, prentg the lonels that hnted homosexual men the twentieth century: “I’m a rocket man… Rocket man, burng out his fe up here alone”.