Paramount presented the Elton John biopic Rocketman at The Contenders Los Angeles today. Director Dexter Fletcher and star Taron Egerton were there to speak about representing the singer’s life as …
sees Elton John sing songs like “Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting,” “Honky Cat,” “Crocodile Rock” and “Rocketman” within the course of his life. The film also allows him to sing those songs before the real Elton John actually composed them.
“I could use those songs also to span great parts of Elton’s life,” Fletcher said. “‘Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting’ is really useful for looking at a lot of years of his life. We get through a lot of years of his early formative life so having those songs, having that freedom, having that creative choice helped move the film along and fill those gaps. We do the same with “Honky Cat” as well. We use it to talk about, look at a period of Elton’s life.
Fletcher’s goal was to capture the essence of Elton John rather than the historical chronology of his life. “I wanted to throw the rules out and see what we got because it’s representative of Elton and who he is and this incredible personality, amazing imagination, incredible music,” Fletcher said. “That’s a big thing to live up to.”“We set the tone very quickly saying this isn’t the world that you think it is,” Egerton said. “Elton storms into a rehab clinic in six, seven foot neoprene.
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