'Rocketman' star Taron Egerton on gay storyle: 'I'm very proud that our movie puts ont and center'

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ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN

'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. * gay rocketman *

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. 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.

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

&quot;I actually thk the gay muny will be que surprised by que how gay feels,&quot; the Welsh actor said of the film. * gay rocketman *

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. 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.

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

Taron Egerton, who plays Elton John the forthg “Rocketman,” rponds to claims that Paramount attempted to cut out a gay sex scene. * gay rocketman *

” 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. "I actually thk the gay muny will be que surprised by que how gay feels, " the Welsh actor said of the film.

ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD

He’s 19, liv at home wh his mum and dad – and is a megastar thanks to Netflix’s take on the teen gay love story. The actor talks about accatns of ‘queerbag’, beg outed at 18, and his pal Elton John * gay rocketman *

I actually thk the gay muny will be que surprised by que how gay feels. Though the sger squashed mors that he was gay earlier this month, he had no hang-ups when me to filmg timate scen wh a male partner: “I’m not someone who is remotely perturbed by male timacy.

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. 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.

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

An open letter to queers ncerned about Rocketman: don't be — 's a gay, proud o to g out. * gay rocketman *

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.

“Gay people have fely missed out on gay rol, for sure. “But om my perspective: firstly, I wouldn’t have had a reer if gay people played gay rol and straight people played straight rol.

Growg up a time where queer ( his time was “homosexual, ” then “gay, ” then “LGBT” and now we’ve land at “queer”) was nsired a mental disorr by the DSM-II (the Amerin classifitn of mental disorrs), John had ltle to no affirmatns. John officially me out as bisexual a Rollg Stone terview 1976 and publicly said he was “fortable beg gay” by 1988.

ROCKETMAN: ELTON JOHN MOVIE HAS ‘EXPLIC’ GAY SEX SCEN, TARON EGERTON REVEALS

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And even allegedly progrsive New York Cy, the reportedly only black-owned gay bar Harlem had s rabow flags set on fire this week.

As I wrote June 2016 for, when Tmp was mpaigng – and wng – on as much hate as possible, I was keenly aware as a black gay man there is a possibily of the threat of vlence. Taron Egerton, who will play Elton John the forthg “Rocketman, ” rpond to claims that Paramount attempted to cut out a gay sex scene om the bpic. 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.

Connor plays Nick Nelson, who is bisexual; Joe Locke plays Charlie Sprg, who is gay. “I don’t thk there’s a lack of queer sex the media, but a lot of the time when queer people are on screen, pecially gay and bisexual men, they are heavily sexualised.

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