Watch: Official video of Taron Egerton’s cover of ‘Rocket Man’
Here’s your first look at the newly created music video for Taron Egerton’s cover of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” for the upcoming biopic of the music legend. Egerton does all of his own singing in the film.
In the video, never-before-seen clips of the film are interspersed with Egerton (out of character).
A sharp ear will notice a potentially important lyric change at the :38 point.
Rocketman will world premiere out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16th and then hit US theaters on May 31st.
Here is the official video.
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He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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