Actor Taron Egerton, known by many for his role in the 2014 action/comedy The Kingsman, plays rock legend Elton John in the upcoming movie Rocketman. Many have complained that since John is gay, the role should have been played by someone from the LGBT community instead of a straight man, but John is having none of that.
“That’s all bulls***, I’m sorry,” John told The Sun in a recent interview. “If people don’t like it, review-wise, or it doesn’t make one dollar, it’s the movie I wanted to make and that’s all that counts.”
“I can look back and say, ‘You know what, I love it. I can live with it,” John said.
John took the position that the film needed to please him, personally, regardless of whether LGBT groups or any other political agendas were served. Much of that satisfaction comes from the good job Egerton has done in portraying the piano rocker.
Normally I do not do entertainment news, but I knew and worked with Dennis in the 70s at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire and amusement park gigs in Southern Cal. He was a great guy, although frustrated he could not shed his Mouseketeer image. The story about his car seems weird, like why didn't the cops arrest those two for car theft.