Then there’s the specter of Bohemian Rhapsodyto talk through. When factoring in rehearsals, filming, recording the soundtrack at Abbey Road, and spending time living with and getting to know the icon and his husband, David Furnish, the last three years of Egerton’s life have been spent in the headspace of Elton John.
Rocketman, the “musical fantasy,” as it was billed, about Elton John’s early career and struggles with addiction and sexuality, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May-which might as well have been last century in award voters’ recency-biased minds.
