Taron Egerton, who stars the upg Elton John bpic "Rocketman," opened up about how he feels more "at home" gog to gay clubs than he do gog to a football match a new terview for GQ UK.
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- 'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
- ROCKETMAN AND THE LGBTQ AWAKENG: HOW ONE SCENE CAPTUR THE RIGHT EMOTNSPRIYA SRIDHAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED PERMANENT NERD NETWORK·5 M READ·JAN 15, 2021--SHAREROCKETMAN SEEMED TO BETTER PTURE WHAT BEG LGBTQ IS LIKE THAN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY DID, ALL POWER TO RAMI MALEK FOR A SPECTACULAR. ACTG PERFORMANCE. IT’S THAT WE GOT MORE TELLG, LS SHOWG FOR FREDDIE MERCURY BEG BISEXUAL — DON’T GIVE ME ANY THAT HE’S JT GAY, THE MAN WAS BI — AND BEG TOLD BY PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHAT HE IS. EVERY BISEXUAL N TELL YOU THAT HURTS WHEN YOU ARE NOT SEEN.ELTON IS NOT SEEN AS A GAY MAN, MUCH LIKE NO ONE SAW FREDDIE AS BISEXUAL, AND HIS ACTORS E SUBTLE BODY LANGUAGE AND MANNERISMS TO NVEY THAT NFN. HE WANTS TO HI WHAT HE IS OM THE WORLD, BUT OUT ALONG WH HIS MIL TALENT. ELTON LOV PATTERNS DRSMAKG MAGAZ, SEQUS, AND SHOPPG FOR FANCY OUTFS. EVEN SO, EVERY MISERABLE EXPRSN SHOWS THAT HE WANTS TO FD LOVE, BUT WORRI THAT HE NEVER WILL.THE BPIC THE SONGS THAT MA ELTON’S NAME TO NOTE IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE. HE EXPRS ANGUISH ABOUT G OUT OF THE CLOSET UNR PROTT, ATTEMPTG SUICI, AND NEARLY LOSG HIS BT IEND WHEN THE LATTER GENTLY LEAV HIM TO CLEAN UP HIS ACT. ELTON ALSO TALKS ABOUT HIS FIRST LOVE, AND WHAT MEANS WHEN A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP GO SOUR. HE LV TO DUETS WH BERNIE AND JOHN REID, WHO REPRENT OPPOSE SIS OF THE . BERNIE LOV ELTON BUT HAS HIS OWN LIFE. JOHN WANTS TO E THE MAN AND REF TO LEAVE.WE ONLY GET A HANDFUL OF SCEN WHERE ELTON IS TOLD ABOUT WHAT HE IS, AND ’S SHOWN THAT THE PEOPLE ARE THE WRONG. HIS MOTHER TELLS HIM HE’LL NEVER BE LOVED, BREAKG HIM RIGHT BEFORE A SHOW. BOYIEND AND MANAGER JOHN REID SMACK ELTON FOR EAKG OUT AND LATER TELLS HIM HE’S JT A SOURCE OF SH. EVEN BERNIE TP DON’T SEE ELTON TLY, SUPPORTG HIM BUT ALSO UNAWARE TO AN EXTENT OF ELTON’S CSH ON HIM. HE DAT OTHER WOMEN, TRODUCG THEM TO HIS SONGWRG PARTNER.THE KEY TO ELTON’S CLOSET
- ‘ROCKETMAN’ BLAZ TRAIL AS FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO DEPICT GAY MALE SEX
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY MALE SEX SCEN ARE THE FIRST FROM A MAJOR STUD
- ROCKETMAN: ELTON JOHN MOVIE HAS ‘EXPLIC’ GAY SEX SCEN, TARON EGERTON REVEALS
- ELTON JOHN ADMS HE CAN'T WRE LYRICS, REGRETS BEG TOO BY WH DGS TO BE GAY ACTIVIST
- TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
- ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
- ‘ROCKETMAN’ STAR TARON EGERTON SAYS HE FEELS ‘AT HOME’ AT GAY CLUBS
- ELTON JOHN 'PROUD' OF ROCKETMAN'S LANDMARK GAY SEX SCEN
'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
Where other studs have balked, Paramount is leadg the way as the first major stud to pict gay male sex onscreen wh s Elton John bpic, 'Rocketman. * rocket man about being 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.
ROCKETMAN AND THE LGBTQ AWAKENG: HOW ONE SCENE CAPTUR THE RIGHT EMOTNSPRIYA SRIDHAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED PERMANENT NERD NETWORK·5 M READ·JAN 15, 2021--SHAREROCKETMAN SEEMED TO BETTER PTURE WHAT BEG LGBTQ IS LIKE THAN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY DID, ALL POWER TO RAMI MALEK FOR A SPECTACULAR. ACTG PERFORMANCE. IT’S THAT WE GOT MORE TELLG, LS SHOWG FOR FREDDIE MERCURY BEG BISEXUAL — DON’T GIVE ME ANY THAT HE’S JT GAY, THE MAN WAS BI — AND BEG TOLD BY PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHAT HE IS. EVERY BISEXUAL N TELL YOU THAT HURTS WHEN YOU ARE NOT SEEN.ELTON IS NOT SEEN AS A GAY MAN, MUCH LIKE NO ONE SAW FREDDIE AS BISEXUAL, AND HIS ACTORS E SUBTLE BODY LANGUAGE AND MANNERISMS TO NVEY THAT NFN. HE WANTS TO HI WHAT HE IS OM THE WORLD, BUT OUT ALONG WH HIS MIL TALENT. ELTON LOV PATTERNS DRSMAKG MAGAZ, SEQUS, AND SHOPPG FOR FANCY OUTFS. EVEN SO, EVERY MISERABLE EXPRSN SHOWS THAT HE WANTS TO FD LOVE, BUT WORRI THAT HE NEVER WILL.THE BPIC THE SONGS THAT MA ELTON’S NAME TO NOTE IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE. HE EXPRS ANGUISH ABOUT G OUT OF THE CLOSET UNR PROTT, ATTEMPTG SUICI, AND NEARLY LOSG HIS BT IEND WHEN THE LATTER GENTLY LEAV HIM TO CLEAN UP HIS ACT. ELTON ALSO TALKS ABOUT HIS FIRST LOVE, AND WHAT MEANS WHEN A ROMANTIC RELATNSHIP GO SOUR. HE LV TO DUETS WH BERNIE AND JOHN REID, WHO REPRENT OPPOSE SIS OF THE . BERNIE LOV ELTON BUT HAS HIS OWN LIFE. JOHN WANTS TO E THE MAN AND REF TO LEAVE.WE ONLY GET A HANDFUL OF SCEN WHERE ELTON IS TOLD ABOUT WHAT HE IS, AND ’S SHOWN THAT THE PEOPLE ARE THE WRONG. HIS MOTHER TELLS HIM HE’LL NEVER BE LOVED, BREAKG HIM RIGHT BEFORE A SHOW. BOYIEND AND MANAGER JOHN REID SMACK ELTON FOR EAKG OUT AND LATER TELLS HIM HE’S JT A SOURCE OF SH. EVEN BERNIE TP DON’T SEE ELTON TLY, SUPPORTG HIM BUT ALSO UNAWARE TO AN EXTENT OF ELTON’S CSH ON HIM. HE DAT OTHER WOMEN, TRODUCG THEM TO HIS SONGWRG PARTNER.THE KEY TO ELTON’S CLOSET
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 about being 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. It’s that we got more tellg, ls showg for Freddie Mercury beg bisexual — don’t give me any that he’s jt gay, the man was bi — and beg told by people around him what he is. Every bisexual n tell you that hurts when you are not is not seen as a gay man, much like no one saw Freddie as bisexual, and his actors e subtle body language and mannerisms to nvey that nfn.
‘ROCKETMAN’ BLAZ TRAIL AS FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO DEPICT GAY MALE SEX
'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 about being gay *
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”. ) 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
<i>Rocketman</i>, though at least acknowledg the queer nuanc of Elton John’s life, shows how limed Hollywood’s approach to gay celebry stori still is. * rocket man about being 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!
ROCKETMAN: ELTON JOHN MOVIE HAS ‘EXPLIC’ GAY SEX SCEN, TARON EGERTON REVEALS
(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.
Where other studs have balked, Paramount is leadg the way as the first major stud to pict gay male sex onscreen wh s Elton John bpic, Rocketman. The Dexter Fletcher-helmed film, which ma s long-awaed but at the Cann Film Ftival on Thursday night, featured multiple scen wh overt gay uplg, cludg on between Taron Egerton, who plays John, and Richard Madn (portrayg his first gay lover, mic manager John Reid). In the ’70s and early ’80s, gay male sex ocsnally popped up films om pani that might be parable to a Paramount today.
For stance, Uned Artists backed the 1980 Al Paco thriller Cisg, about a serial killer targetg gay men. But recent s, the prospect of major studs pictg steamy gay sex has bee a nonstarter.
ELTON JOHN ADMS HE CAN'T WRE LYRICS, REGRETS BEG TOO BY WH DGS TO BE GAY ACTIVIST
The 1982 Harry Haml starter Makg Love also broke ground at the time for pictg a gay male uple. Given that an R-rated movie featurg gay sex would most certaly disqualify a film om release Cha (to sre a release the lucrative terrory, Bohemian Rhapsody eded out any suggtn that Freddie Mercury was gay), the studs are creasgly hant to greenlight a film wh gay characters, never md graphic gay sex. For his part, Egerton, who intifi as heterosexual, is surprised by all the hullabaloo surroundg the film’s gay sex scen.
TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY
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.
ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
”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. 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.
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.
‘ROCKETMAN’ STAR TARON EGERTON SAYS HE FEELS ‘AT HOME’ AT GAY CLUBS
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.
ELTON JOHN 'PROUD' OF ROCKETMAN'S LANDMARK GAY SEX SCEN
I was so happy to be gay!