Taron Egerton rpond to claims that Paramount attempted to cut out a gay sex scene om the Elton John bpic "Rocketman."
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.
) If Tp had reacted the way many other straight men the ‘60s might have — that is, wh homophobic panic and disgt, and a cisn to immediately sever the iendship — then all of those inic John/Tp posns would have never existed; mic history would que lerally be altered unimagable ways.
ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD
'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. * rocket man gay *
Well he wasn't openly gay, bee wasn't a possible thg to do back then, but he was a very strong gay character.
So we would sort of be tethered behd him gog to all the gay clubs, ” Tp ntu. ”Tp then adds wh a lgh: “I was h on [by gay men the rock scene], of urse, all of the time — bee I was pretty cute back then!
ELTON JOHN ADMS HE CAN'T WRE LYRICS, REGRETS BEG TOO BY WH DGS TO BE GAY ACTIVIST
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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. More om Yahoo Entertament:Taron Egerton on the Elton John song that changed his life'Rocketman' star Taron Egerton on gay storyle: 'I'm very proud that our movie puts ont and center'Elton John remembers surprisg Iggy Pop onstage — a gorilla stumeElton John and ‘Rocketman’ filmmakers nmn Rsian censorship of movieFollow Lyndsey on Facebook, Twter, Instagram, Amazon, Spotify. Anytime I have heard “Rocket Man” and the meang of the lyrics beg discsed, Elton’s sexualy as a gay man is always brought up.
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”.
While there have been a few chaste sex scen between men Osr-nomated movi through the years cludg Brokeback Mounta and Call Me by Your Name, the Elton John bpic Rocketman om Paramount is the first major stud film to tly pict gay male sex, acrdg to The Hollywood film stars Taron Edgerton as the inic glam rocker and Richard Madn (Bodyguard) as John's manager and first male lover, John Reid. 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. Speakg to mician John Grant about gay culture's fluence on mic and art for Bra's The Guardian newspaper, Elton explaed, "I don't see myself as a gay artist, you see, as such bee I don't wre lyrics.
ROCKETMAN: ELTON JOHN MOVIE HAS ‘EXPLIC’ GAY SEX SCEN, TARON EGERTON REVEALS
But I love what pop culture did for gay mic, startg wh Jimmy Somerville and Boy Gee. The 74-year-old in also sisted his "elaborate" performanc aren't him beg "a gay artist, " and nfsed he's "ashamed" he was too out of on dgs and booze to be an activist for the LGBT muny the 1980s at the height of the AIDS epimic.
Elton ntued, "I know I'm 'elaborate', but that's not beg a gay artist - that om Brish vville, (Sir) Mick Jagger, Marc Bolan, David Bowie. I was gog to every gay club the world and was never a big al for me. I was so happy to be gay!
”He add: “And for me, pecially as a heterosexual actor, not to ph the envelope as far as I n or try to make a wholehearted celebratn of beg a gay man would be Egerton will star Rocketman (Image: STUDIO STILL)The film will arrive on a wave of hype (Image: GETTY)“It’s a stud movie. ”Gay ntent has notorly been cut om movi certa terrori - wh referenc to Freddie Mercury’s sexualy axed om Bohemian Rhapsody when was released Cha. There are dance numbers, Bryce Dallas Howard, floatg dienc, a leral rocket man, a much olr Bryce Dallas Howard who aged sudnly, and then, of urse, gay sex.
ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
If a mil about the life of Elton John were created whout any of the parts, wouldn't have been a proper mil about the man's 's that last part—the gay sex—that is important to discs. Happened, or an unted chara of what gay sex might be. Gay sex isn't somethg that Hollywood typilly picts, stead the dtry relegat to nuendos and close ups of men wcg pa.
But the Elton John mil tak a moment to reimage how gay sex uld be picted. It often across like a straight man directg two straight men a gay sex scene.
And yet, Rocketman manag to pict a realistic-enough sex scene whout turng the act of terurse or the gayns behd to a villa. It may not be the first time a film stud has featured a gay sex scene, but do feel like the first time a major motn picture stud took the time to make look like the kd of sex you'd actually want to have.