Rocketman is an Elton John 'Fantasy Musical' Says Taron Egerton

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Taron Egerton , who will recreate legendary rock ‘n’ roll musician Elton John inRocketman , read the celluloid is"musical fantasy"and not a biopic about the vocaliser - ballad maker ’s life . brook Reginald Kenneth Dwight , Elton John is without question rock ' n ' roll royalty with a career in music that spans nearly five decades . Along with his fellow ballad maker Bernie Taupin , John has create some of pop and stone music ’s most enduring hits , from " Your Sung , " " Bennie and the super C , " and " Goodbye Yellow Brick Road " to " Someone Saved My Life Tonight , " " Empty Garden ( Hey , Hey Johnny ) , " and " I ’m Still stand . "

Another one of John ’s hitting is " Rocketman , " an introspective song that tells the story of an cosmonaut preparing for what is sure to be a lone trek into out infinite . It ’s one of the many musical illusions that John and Taupin make for fans over John ’s illustrious career , and it also appears that the forthcoming film about the singer ’s biography will follow the same sorting of fantasy data formatting rather being grounded in world .

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In an interview withCollider , Egerton , who rose to fame with his role as Gary " Eggsy " Unwin in theKingsmanmovies , revealed the approach thatRocketmanwill take when production gets afoot , and it ’s not what mass are expect . He says the motion picture is"about Elton John ’s formative old age . Everyone thinks it ’s a biopic . It is n’t . It ’s a fancy musical so it ’s actually his songs used to verbalise crucial round in his life at excited minute . He ’s not the only character that talk . It ’s go away to be fun . "

Egerton sound out that he ’s already been prepare to play John for the film , which could begin shooting as August but for sure"will be this year . “He says,“I’ve recorded some songs . I ’ve been doing singing moral . The next step is I call for to think about stage dancing and trying to make some semblance of a public presentation that is at least reminiscent of him . "

The actor is no strange , of course of instruction , to John and his music . Not only did Egerton cover " I ’m Still Standing " for the exalt nickelodeon musicalSing , John himself appeared as a heighten interlingual rendition of himself inKingsman : The Golden Circle . Plus , since John is producing the film , it ’s almost a sure thing that he will be around to mentor Egerton to serve the actor capture the essence of his younger self . Edgerton also tell he"will always be singing on solidifying . No miming . "

WhileRocketmanmay not be the biopic that fans were hoping for , the movie should be entertaining nonetheless . Using existing music to help severalize a narrative has worked well for films like the ABBA - inspiredMamma Mia!and Julie Taymor ’s underratedAcross the Universe , which told a ' 60s - base story through The Beatles ' medicine . So , Rocketmanis bind to benefit both by having Egerton play John in the moving-picture show and having others sing his songs to help tell a chronicle .

substantially yet , Rocketman’sdirector , Dexter Fletcher , will be coming off his time at the helm ofBohemian Rhapsody , which tells the story of Queen and lead Isaac M. Singer Freddie Mercury from 1970 to the lot ’s legendary Live Aid performance in 1985 . If theBohemian Rhapsodylives up to the hype generated by thefilm ’s recent presentation at CinemaCon , Rocketmanshould be firing on all the correct cylinders when it finally roll cameras .