Rocketman (2019)
- During the filming of Rocketman, Taron Egerton improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
- The incredible score for Rocketman was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Before Taron Egerton was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
Rocketman is a 2019 British biographical musical fantasy directed by Dexter Fletcher. Taron Egerton stars as Elton John, delivering a transformative performance that traces the musician's journey from a shy, unloved boy named Reginald Dwight in suburban London through his partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin, played by Jamie Bell, his meteoric rise to superstardom in the 1970s, and his devastating descent into drug addiction, bulimia, and suicidal despair. Unlike the more conventional Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman was structured as a full musical, with fantasy sequences in which Elton's songs were performed as elaborate, often surreal production numbers β the "Crocodile Rock" sequence lifted the entire Troubadour audience into the air, and the "Rocketman" number had Elton sinking to the bottom of a swimming pool during his suicide attempt.
Taron Egerton performed all of the vocals himself, and his emotional commitment earned him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Rocketman earned $195 million worldwide on a $40 million budget.
