Taron Egerton Calls 'Rocketman' Gay Sex Scene Controversy 'Nonsense' - Variety

Contents:

• ROCKETMAN'S GAY SEX SCENE IS A BIG STEP THE RIGHT DIRECTN
• ‘ROCKETMAN’ IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO FEATURE GAY SEX SCEN
• 'ROCKETMAN' STAR TARON EGERTON ON GAY STORYLE: 'I'M VERY PROUD THAT OUR MOVIE PUTS ONT AND CENTER'
• ROCKETMAN MAK HISTORY AS FIRST STUD FILM WH GAY SEX SCEN
• DELTA SHOWS ROCKETMAN 'STRIPPED' OF GAY SCEN, INCLUDG A KISS
• PARAMOUNT WANT TO CENSOR ELTON JOHN GAY SCENE 'ROCKETMAN'
• 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
• ‘ROCKETMAN’ BLAZ TRAIL AS FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO DEPICT GAY MALE SEX
• ROCKETMAN DIRECTOR PROMIS 'NO HOLDS BARRED' BPIC AFTER REPORT OF CENSORG GAY SCENE

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

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‘ROCKETMAN’ IS THE FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO FEATURE GAY SEX SCEN

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

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.

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ROCKETMAN MAK HISTORY AS FIRST STUD FILM WH GAY SEX SCEN

Rocketman has ma history by beg the first major stud film to pict a male gay sex scene. Although notable films such as Call Me By Your Name and Brokeback Mounta have prevly picted gay sex, they were both released by smaller off-shoots of major studs and given limed releas.

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.

DELTA SHOWS ROCKETMAN 'STRIPPED' OF GAY SCEN, INCLUDG A KISS

Rocketman, the Elton John bpic that premiered at the Canne Film Ftival last night, is beg hailed as the first major stud film to pict a male gay sex scene on screen.

Brokeback Mounta and Call Me by Your Name also picted gay sex scen, but the were both released by smaller "boutique" stud off-shoots and given limed releas (unlike Rocketman, which is aimed at a broar dience). Studs n be reluctant to feature gay sex scen, part, bee will disqualify a film om release Cha, thereby limg fancial prospects. Bohemian Rhapsody eded out suggtns of Mercury’s homosexualy to secure release the untry.

PARAMOUNT WANT TO CENSOR ELTON JOHN GAY SCENE 'ROCKETMAN'

Taron Egerton, who will play Elton John the forthg bpic “Rocketman, ” rpond to claims that Paramount attempted to cut out a gay sex scene om the bpic. Taron Egerton Calls Paramount’s Attempt to Cut Out ‘Rocketman’ Gay Sex Scene ‘Nonsense’. Elton John fought tooth-and-nail to ensure his bpic, Rocketman, was screened around the world wh s scen of gay timacy on-the-ground fight for gay visibily has now taken to the air.

Acrdg to multiple social media ers, Delta is screeng a gayed ed of the mil about the life of the world's most famo gay sger.

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

Shana Krochmal, the digal director of Entertament Weekly, posted a Twter thread Tuday tailg how Rocketman was "stripped of almost every gay reference" the versn she viewed on the airle, cludg a "chaste kiss" between the "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" sger and his former manager, John the thread, Krochmal poted out the illogic of allowg scen of domtic abe -- as well as vlence more broadly -- to slip through the censors, while pictns of same-sex love are scbbed.

In past years, Delta has also streamed gayed versns of Carol and Bad 2017, a Delta spokperson told The Advote that the airle do not have the right to ed films; simply screens the eded versns that are offered by studs.

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

However, "Delta has mted to not showg a film at all when an eded versn is required but go beyond omtg explic material to remove scen that reflect the diversy of our employe and ctomers, " the spokperson said of the pany's policy at the time -- a policy that, if followed 2019, would have prevented a gayed Rocketman om makg to, a equent sponsor of Pri events, sred an 85 out of 100 the Human Rights Campaign's 2019 Corporate Equaly Inx.

It lost pots for not havg "equivalency same- and different-sex domtic partner medil and soft benefs, " pl "exclns for transn-related re" for transgenr a June statement, John spoke out agast a Rsian film pany's cisn to make siar cuts to his film a untry where "gay propaganda, " or the viewg of LGBTQ materials to mors, is agast the excisns were "sad reflectn of the divid world we still live and how n still be so celly unacceptg of the love between two people, " the statement said. Paramount want to cut an Elton John nu scene om RocketmanParamount Studs reportedly want director Dexter Fletcher to cut a forty send gay scene om Rocketman, which picts Taron Egerton’s Elton John and Richard Madn’s John Reid naked bed together, so that the bpic n be rated a 12A the UK and a PG 13 the Daily Mail have alleged that Fletcher and producer Matthew Vghn are currently a stand-off wh the Hollywood behemoth over the scene qutn, which the publitn sists has been “tastefully done, ” se Elton John and his lover/manager John Reid naked bed together wh their “rrier [on] display. 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’ BLAZ TRAIL AS FIRST MAJOR STUD FILM TO DEPICT GAY MALE SEX

”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.

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.

ROCKETMAN DIRECTOR PROMIS 'NO HOLDS BARRED' BPIC AFTER REPORT OF CENSORG GAY SCENE

But recent s, the prospect of major studs pictg steamy gay sex has bee a nonstarter. 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.

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