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The star of Rocketman, Taron Egerton, on why he loved wearing hotpants in the film. Elton John is a gay man, who had relationships – and a lot of sex – with men. Because the gay sex scene in Rocketman, which is completely non-scandalous or raunchy in its actual contents, makes complete sense. Perhaps more surprising is the fact that so much is being made of the film and sex scene when, you’d think in 2019 we would have come further in terms of embracing queer love stories and depicting them on screen. But it still serves as a reminder of where the world is at in terms of structural inequality.
It’s perhaps unsurprising that a country like Russia – where there are strict anti-gay laws and it’s illegal to promote “non-traditional sexual relationships” – would censor a very camp film like Rocketman. Specifically, “all scenes with kissing and sex between men” had been removed from the film, meaning the gay sex scene between Elton John (played by Taron Egerton) and his former manager John Reid (Richard Madden) was no longer included. This week, a Russian film critic brought attention to the fact that the Elton John musical biopic, Rocketmanhad been censored.