Elton John Pressed Studio to Keep R Rating of Biopic
Elton John confirmed to The Guardian on Sunday (May 26)that he went against the advice of studio executives and pressed for his biopic to not be toned down.
This included a sex scene between Elton and manager John Reid, played by Taron Egerton and Richard Madden.
“Some studios wanted to tone down the sex and drugs so the film would get a PG-13 rating. But I just haven’t led a PG-13 rated life,” John said.
“I didn’t want a film packed with drugs and sex, but equally, everyone knows I had quite a lot of both during the 70s and 80s, so there didn’t seem to be much point in making a movie that implied that after every gig, I’d quietly gone back to my hotel room with only a glass of warm milk and the Gideon’s Bible for company.”
The film has been released with an R rating in the US and a 15 rating in the UK.
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