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| Taron Egerton (image via WikiMedia) |
Taron Egerton, star of the Kingsman movie franchise, shares that he’s filmed a sex scene for the upcoming Elton John biopic, Rocketman.
The 29-year-old plays the legendary pop superstar and Richard Madden, of the hit UK TV series The Bodyguard, plays his longtime manager, John Reid, with whom he also dated for five years.
“I probably shouldn’t be telling you this but we have a sex scene,” Egerton shared with The List. “We went to some places together and got quite physical.”
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| Richard Madden and Taron Egerton (via Instagram) |
“I’ve watched it back and I think it looks great,” he shared. “The grown-up nature of the film, combined with it being a musical, makes it feel quite zeitgeisty.”
Earlier reports alluded to the film being designed as a ‘musical fantasy’ and Egerton seemed to elaborate on that saying, “It’s basically about Elton in rehab, so we’re not watering anything down.”
And while the recent Bohemian Rhapsody seemed to shy away from rocker Freddie Mercury’s sex life, Rocketman promises to be explicit in its portrayal of Elton John’s love affairs.
“It’s very consciously a proud, gay film and it’s also open to showing Elton’s darker moments,” he added.
“The movie we shot is absolutely a celebration of everything that Elton John is and part of that is his sexuality,” he recently told MTV International. “I actually think the gay community will be quite surprised by quite how gay it feels.”
The Robin Hood star also notes that he’s not “remotely perturbed by male intimacy” adding that he’s “quite proud of what we’ve done with it.”
Rocketman hits theaters May 17, 2019.
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| Jack Falahee of How To Get Away With Murder |
Jack Falahee, who plays openly gay Connor Walsh on the ABC hit series How To Get Away With Murder, tells EOnline that he’s glad his now-famous sex scenes are getting folks to talk:
“I am glad that people are talking about it and that it’s sparked the conversation. I think that that’s the aim of entertainment. And if we can have a dialogue about it, it can become more accepted. TV is sort of catching up and it’s been very black and white what we’ve seen on the screen and very paranormative and patriarchal and I think that now that we’re exploring it, it’s something that’s being talked about which is great. And even now, there’s a lot of content being made that is shedding an honest light on who people are and real people and at the end of the day that’s what Pete [Nowalk] has created. Real people. And that’s fantastic.”
If you haven’t checked the series out yet, take it from me, the steamy sex scenes (plus the rest of the show) are definitely worth tuning in for.
Check out the show at ABC.Go.com
SPOILER: Do not hit play if you haven’t watched this episode from the final season of TRUE BLOOD on HBO
Very sexy scene between “Jason Stackhouse” and “Eric Northman.”
About shooting the scene, Kwanten told TVLine:
‘There was word on the street that a scene was coming, and to be honest, Alex and I had been — not necessarily begging to work together — but we’d been pondering the thought, “What if we were ever put in a scene where it was just the two of us? What would happen?” And this is what our illustrious writers came up with.’
He said the scene with Skarsgard took a few hours to film and both were in good spirits throughout.
‘I always have a lot of fun, and I think that’s the important thing to remember,’ he said. ‘We’re just there to have fun and to stay true to the characters. Thinking back to this particular scene, I just remember Alex and I laughing a lot.’
Not sure how long the posted video will last online. Watch while you can 🙂