Kit Connor played a younger version of Taron Egerton‘s Elton John in 2019′s Rocketman. Now, the younger actor is very clearly all grown up, and Taron is seriously in awe.
If you missed it, the 19-year-old Heartstopper actor showed off his incredibly ripped physique in a couple of photos taken in the gym earlier this week.
After seeing the pics, Taron hopped on social media to respond to Kit‘s new muscles. His reaction is truly great!
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Rami Malek is enjoying a screening of Rocketman!
The 38-year-old Bohemian Rhapsody star was in attendance at a special screening of the movie with director Dexter Fletcher and Paramount Pictures CEO Jim Gianopulos at the San Vincente Bungalows on Saturday night (November 30) in West Hollywood, Calif.
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If you didn’t know, Dexter Fletcher also directed Rami in Bohemian Rhapsody, taking over after Bryan Singer was fired from the project.
In fact, there was even early consideration by the director to have Rami‘s portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Rocketman!
“There was an idea I had one point, where Elton’s in a restaurant with his mother. I thought John Reid and Freddie could be at another table and they wave at each other! That would have been amazing, [but] it didn’t come to pass. It would’ve been a little too knowing…I’m not looking to set out to make a cinematic universe!” Dexter told Gay Star News.
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Jamie Bell, Taron Egerton, Elton John and Bernie Taupin happily pose backstage together while attending Rocketman: Live in Concert held at the Greek Theatre on Thursday (October 17) in Los Angeles.
Following a screening of Rocketman, in which the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra played live to the film, the film’s subject and star – Elton and Taron – hit the stage for an encore performance of “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” the film’s original song.
Also in attendance to show their support were Jamie‘s wife Kate Mara, director Dexter Fletcher, co-star Bryce Dallas Howard and music producer Giles Martin.
Elton John closed the evening with another performance of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” with John at the piano and Egerton on vocals.
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Taron Egerton is dapper in a suit as he hits the blue carpet at the Japan premiere of his hit film Rocketman held at TOHO Cinemas Hibiya on Thursday (August 15) in Tokyo, Japan.
The 29-year-old actor was joined at the event by Rocketman‘s director Dexter Fletcher, who was accompanied by his wife Dalia Ibelhauptaitė.
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Taron Egerton recently shut down the rumor that we would take over the Wolverine role from his former co-star Hugh Jackman.
Rocketman hits theaters in Japan on August 23!
FYI: Taron is wearing a Burberry suit.
Elton John‘s half-brother, Geoff Dwight, is calling out Rocketman.
The brother of the 72-year-old music legend spoke out in an interview on Saturday (June 1) after seeing their father’s cold portrayal in the film.
“That’s not the Dad I remember,” he explained.
“Dad had a big heart and he loved us all equally. He was incredibly proud of Elton and everything that he achieved.”
In the film, Elton‘s father is portrayed as unsupportive of Elton‘s passion for music and critical of his sexuality.
“This coldness, it’s a million miles away from what Dad was like. He was a product of a time when men didn’t go around hugging each other and showing their feelings every minute of every day, but he had plenty of love in him for all of us.”
“Dad bought a piano for Elton and had it sent round to where he was living with his mother. Dad encouraged all of us to be musical. He was in a swing band himself, so I see no reason why he’d have thwarted Elton. I was hopeless on the piano so Dad left a guitar and a trumpet out for me with a few teach-yourself books. That doesn’t sound like a man who discourages his kids,” he went on to say.
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When you see the movie Rocketman, you’ll probably be amazed by the voice coming out of Taron Egerton‘s mouth.
While you might initially think that he’s lip-syncing to early recordings of Elton John‘s voice, he’s not. Taron actually did all of the singing for the movie himself!
Taron has always had a great voice and he performed in the movie Sing, even singing one of Elton‘s songs.
There was one request that Elton gave to Taron when it came to the singing. “He said not to try and sound like him, which is tough when you’re playing him,” Taron told THR.
While filming the movie, Taron said some of it was actually done live.
“It’s a mix. In the interest of full disclosure, it’s a mix. So for example, the things I do live are Your Song, I do Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and I do I’m Still Standing,” he told Fox5 DC. “They’re live up until… I don’t want to de-mystify Dexter’s film too much… but in rehab, it’s live. Your Song is totally live, and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is live until I’m outside of Madison Square Garden.”
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Something that the most recent generation of Elton John fans probably don’t know is that the singer was previously married to Renate Blauel.
The legendary singer got married in a very public wedding on Valentine’s Day in 1984.
The wedding came as a surprise to fans at the time as Elton had already been in a five-year relationship with his manager John Reid and he came out as bisexual in 1976.
He did tell Rolling Stone, “I’d rather fall in love with a woman eventually because I think a woman probably lasts much longer than a man.”
Elton met Renate while working on his album Too Low for Zero. She was a sound engineer on the project. He proposed after knowing each other for about 18 months and they were married one week later, according to Vanity Fair.
The relationship and the wedding are briefly portrayed in the new movie Rocketman, though Renate wears a red wedding dress in the film while she wore a white one in real life.
The marriage last four years and while they said they planned on remaining friends after they divorce, they did not.
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