Tag: #TaronEgerton

Here’s a mid-week pick-me-up. Rocketman is officially a critical and commercial hit. To celebrate: a video of the biopic’s stars (including Taron Egerton, Richard Madden and Jamie Bell) undressing completely in earlier roles. Thanks for this wonderful NSFW compilation, Mr. Man!  On a side note:  When David Fincher was auditioning actresses for his underwhelming The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo remake, he said Scarlett Johansson was “too sexy” for the role of Lisbeth Salander, griping that as soon as you look at Scarlett Johansson,...

Rocketman, the biographical musical film based on the life of Elton John, performed strongly during its debut weekend in the United States. Box Office Mojo reported on Sunday, June 2, that it took in $25 million dollars. The movie landed at number three behind Godzilla 2 and Aladdin. Paramount Pictures, the studio that produced the film, thought it would only earn $18-$20 million. Rocketman’s weekend performance is the fourth largest opening for a...

EW on YouTubeI guess now I can really cross Russia off my list of dream travel destinations. Oh, well… As reported by The Moscow Times via The Advocate, Elton John biopic Rocketman‘s sex scenes, notably the ones featuring gay stuff, have been chopped in Russia.   LGBTQ “propaganda” is prohibited by Russian law. A film critic present for the premiere of Rocketman at last month’s Cannes Film Festival confirmed that scenes were missing from the cut that’s playing in Russia....

Rocketman opens nationwide tonight. The reviews are highly positive, with many comparing the film favorably to Bohemian Rhapsody… which, let’s face it, wasn’t a good movie.  Anyway, that’s a different story for another time. Kingsman cutie patootie Taron Egerton is making the rounds on the film’s press tour, charming the socks off of everyone in his path it appears. His most recent stop was at Buzzfeed, where he read the ever-infamous “Thirst Tweets.”  This is quickly becoming one of...