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\u2018Rocketman\u2019 Director Denies \u2018Rumors\u2019 of Gay Sex Censorship, Promises \u2018No Holds Barred, Musical Fantasy\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

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Rocketman<\/em> director Dexter Fletcher responded late Friday to a report that Paramount is pressuring filmmakers to cut a very gay<\/a>, very nude<\/a> sex<\/a> scene between Taron Egerton (Elton John) and Richard Madden to achieve a PG-13 rating. Madden plays John Reid, Elton\u2019s manager and lover.<\/p>\n

Tweeted Fletcher: \u201cSeeing much speculation about ROCKETMAN!! That\u2019s good! It\u2019s still unfinished so it\u2019s nothing but rumors. It has and always will be the no holds barred, musical fantasy that Paramount and producers passionately support and believe in. See for yourself May 24. Dx x\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seeing much speculation about ROCKETMAN!! That\u2019s good! It\u2019s still unfinished so it\u2019s nothing but rumors. It has and always will be the no holds barred, musical fantasy that Paramount and producers passionately support and believe in. See for yourself May 24. Dx x<\/p>\n

\u2014 Dexter Fletcher (@Dexfletch) March 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Wrote Baz Bamigboye of the reported cut in the Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>: \u201cParamount Pictures have demanded that Rocketman<\/em> director Dexter Fletcher and producer Matthew Vaughn cut a 40-second scene that shows Egerton, who plays the singer and Madden, cast as his one-time lover and manager John Reid, writhing on a bed. Fully exposed white derrieres are on display, but the nude<\/a> escapade is tastefully done. Nonetheless, Paramount are forcing the director to cut the scene so it will have an American PG 13 rating (roughly the equivalent of a British 12A).\u201d<\/p>\n

Bamigboye\u2019s report suggested the studio asked for the cut because it wants to replicate the box office success of Bohemian Rhapsody<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Egerton talked about a similar-sounding sex<\/a> scene last November.<\/p>\n

Egerton told\u00a0<\/a>The List<\/a><\/em>:\u00a0\u201cI probably shouldn\u2019t be telling you this but we have a sex<\/a> scene. We went to some places together and got quite physical.\u00a0I\u2019ve watched it back and I think it looks great. The grown-up nature of the film, combined with it being a musical, makes it feel quite zeitgeisty. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m allowed to say this but it\u2019s basically about Elton in rehab, so we\u2019re not watering anything down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paramount previewed footage from the film this week at The Troubadour in West Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Wrote\u00a0<\/a>Variety<\/a><\/em>\u2018s Marc Malkin of the event<\/a>: \u2018Before \u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d was even released, a trailer sent some critics into a tailspin because they thought that its lack of gay<\/a> content meant the film was going to be straight-washed. How far \u201cRocketman\u201d goes isn\u2019t clear from Monday\u2019s preview except for a glimpse at a flirtation between the singer and his future boyfriend and manager John Reid \u00a0(Richard Madden). Egerton did tell MTV News in November that the two share a love scene together and predicted the LGBTQ community will whole-heartedly embrace the movie.\u2019<\/p>\n

Check out all our ROCKETMAN coverage\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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