Numeromag.nl – Taron Egerton is an award-winning actor whose versatile and charismatic performances continuously capture audiences around the world. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his portrayal as the iconic singer Sir Elton John in Dexter Fletcherās āRocketmanā for Paramount Pictures.āÆFor this performance he was also honored with the Actor of The Year Award at the Hollywood Film Awards and took home the Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.āÆTaron was most recently seen in the biographical drama āTetrisā, which was released on Apple TV+ at the end of March.
Taron, you just starred in the biographical drama āTetrisā, which delved into the legal battles that took place during the Cold War over ownership of the game, and focused on the powerful dynamic the game had in the industry while uncovering historical circumstances in world politics. How would you describe this bigraphical filmās portrayal of the ownership battle and the gameās impact on the society?
I donāt think the movie is overtly political. Sure, itās set during a moment of political interest that happened during the final moments of Soviet Union, but itās really just a story of two men from two very different places bonding over a shared love of gaming. Tonally, itās very popcorn and I would describe it as a piece of entertainment rather than anything with a great deal to say about the state of the world then or now. Itās a crazy story and one worthy of depiction simply to prove that the truth is often as engaging as fiction.
In the film, you portray Henk Rogers, the Dutch-born video game entrepreneur who introduced the world to Tetris. How would you say he dealt with the whole situation and what could he maybe do differently or better?
I think he could have been less naive,Ā but then he probably wouldnāt have done what he did. His flaws are also what makesĀ him appealing. Heās a little naive, maybe even foolish and cavalier,Ā but those are also the reasons you love him.Ā He puts his goal ahead of his own wellbeing and thatās quite a charming quality. I suppose you could also say he slightly neglects his responsibility as a father and that is certainly an area for improvement.Ā
Youāve played in quite some biographical films. Which one stands out the most among them and why?
āRocketmanā will always be a beautiful, insane chapter in my story. Not only did I get to portray someone so iconic, but I think itās a solid movie and Iām proud of it. Itās not often things come together in the way that project did. Iāll always cherish those memories.
Interview With NumĆ©ro Netherlands – In Conversation with Taron Egerton
Written by Tiffany on June 01 2023
Flaunt Magazine | Paint It Black
Written by Tiffany on July 23 2022
When I arrange to meet Taron Egerton in Londonās Soho at the legendary CafĆ© Boheme, itās a good three years and one global pandemic on from our last interview for Flaunt, in which we unpacked the role in Rocketman that catapulted him to international fame. Iām sipping on a very strong coffee when he arrives, having spent the early hours watching the entirety of the gripping six-part mini-series Black Bird, which is kind of like saying Iāve just recovered from an excoriating emotional experience. Egertonās debut outing as executive producer, now streaming via Apple TV+, and his first piece of work since portraying Elton John, is a genuinely pitch-black dramatization of the true story of James āJimmyā Keeneāan imprisoned drug dealer offered his freedom by the FBI if he agrees to transfer to a maximum security penitentiary for the criminally insane and befriend a man convicted of killing a 15-year-old girl, who they firmly believe has raped and murdered countless others across the Midwest. Egerton plays the athletic and charismatic ladiesā man Keene, whose life pre-incarceration revolves around fast cars, hollow sexual encounters and moving hefty quantities of heroināa lifestyle brutally interrupted when he gets busted and sentenced to ten years in the can, which seems a bad enough fate, until his freedom-pact to get up-close-and-personal with serial killer Larry Hall plunges him into the seventh circle of hell. Adapted for the screen from Keeneās biographical novel by the acclaimed Dennis Lehane, itās a gritty and uncompromising offering that could not be further from the work Egerton has been known for thus far. Black Birdās plot to inveigle incriminating details of multiple murders from a monster, in order to make sure he remains behind bars, excavates the darkest psychological corners of humanity.Ā
āThis felt like a really grown up performanceāwell, me trying to give a grown up performance,ā says the actor with characteristic modesty as we order two beers on one of the hottest days of the year so far, in a country that, like most others, is feeling the searing encroachment of climate change. āFrom the moment you land at Springfield Prison, itās supposed to feel like youāre in the belly of the beast, and something really appealed to me about that darkness. Iāve loved what Iāve done so far, but I wanted to do something that felt heavier.ā he continues, āAnd they are both such compelling characters. It felt almost like touching the void with the subject matter being what it is, and with what Larry Hall actually isāthe absolute darkest of the dark.āĀ [Read More At Source]
February 4th – The Graham Norton Show Photos and Interview Sneak Peak
Written by Tiffany on February 04 2022
Taron Egerton, Fire and Discipline || GQ Stories
Written by Tiffany on December 17 2020
gqitalia.it – Taron Egerton, interviewed by Simona Siri, talksĀ about his more disciplined and dedicated side to work and his love for acting, which blossomed a little by chance.Ā āI must have been 15, and I started out more as a social business.Ā At the time I had experimented with creativity in drawing, sculpture, and painting: it was a funny age, a weird period of adolescence, in which I felt a bit lost.Ā I had a couple of friends who acted and I thought it would be fun to join them: from there, from that random start, I fell in love.Ā The more I acted, the more satisfied I felt, the more I liked it, the more I realized it was a great way to express myself.Ā Over time I think the feeling has changed, but at the time it was just a fire, which allowed me to be excessive and release the tension.Ā Then, growing up, the attention turned to the narrative element.Ā I’ve always been a great reader, but I’m not a writer.Ā For me the only way to be part of storytelling is theater, to recite words written by others.Ā
Taron Egerton: āThe Tetris film is more Social Network than Lego Movie!ā
Written by Tiffany on August 24 2020
gq-magazine.co.uk – Days before lockdown, Taron Egerton and his partner, Emily, left London for Wales. Back to Aberystwyth, where he grew up, his family still lives and nobody cares who he is. āThere were rumblings of martial law,ā he remembers. āTanks on the M4! And I started to believe it.ā He was still in Wales when we spoke last week. āIn some respects, itās been lovely,ā he says. āI devoured books.ā He shows me a bookcase and raves about a local author, Niall Griffiths. He is a bit like Cormac McCarthy. He also read Emily St John Mandelās Station Eleven, which is about a pandemic. Bit intense? āI had a panic attack reading it.ā
Mostly, though, Egerton seems entirely calm. We caught up as Montblanc unveiled their latest campaign, What Moves You, Makes You, for which Egerton will start making his mark with the maison. Just a man in a black T-shirt and black cap, at his kitchen table on the other end of a chatty Zoom call, his life now is some shift from last year, when he was on a global gallivant to promote Rocketman, the Elton John biopic that dazzled with its invention and candid homosexuality. From that toā¦ this. It must feel like a comedown of āElton-in-the-1980sā proportions.
āIt has felt like a nice antidote,ā he argues. āAs much as I enjoyed last year, with all the craziness, itās nice to step away from the limelight. Iāve enjoyed being in my hometown. I feel like a member of a community. Rocketman was very exciting. I met Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt. But itās good to get back to reality. I like being down the road from my mum. I like being down the road from my little sisters. Itās very important for my sanity. I love Hollywood, but I like to withdraw back to something that feels more normal.ā
This year, Egerton was named a āMark-Makerā for Montblanc. He likes the brand, from its pens to an 1858 watch thatās now in his collection. āItās got a sense of history to it and a nifty means of distinguishing time zones,ā he says, āwhich is lovely when things are busier. Iām constantly combating chaos in my life and Montblancās products give structure to what would otherwise be a whirlwind of creative thoughts.ā
So he likes to write? āI do. And I hope to more in the future and to have my first go at directing. What I find, when you have luxurious products, is it reminds you to exercise a discipline in your creative life and have some order that begets creativity.ā Will he write his proposed film out by hand then? āWell, actually, the thing Iām hoping to direct doesnāt have any dialogue in it.ā
LA Times Interview: Taron Egerton Channels Elton John In āRocketman,ā And The Role Is About To Change His Life
Written by Tiffany on May 23 2019
latimes.com – āSorry for the delay,ā Taron Egerton says, putting his iPhone down on a table. āI can literally say that I had to take a call from Elton John.ā
Little more than 12 hours have passed since the lights came up inside the Cannes Film Festivalās grandest theater, revealing the actor and the iconic musician he plays in āRocketmanā both in tears. The crowd around them rose to its feet as the two embraced, quietly sobbing into the otherās shoulder. Then they migrated down the Croisette to a party on the beach, where the 29-year-old and the 72-year-old duetted together for hundreds of guests standing in their black-tie attire on the sand.
āIt was just the perfect day,ā Egerton says ā one of the best of his young life. But he started it off anxious, walking into the Grand ThĆ©Ć¢tre LumiĆØre with his breath high in his chest. He couldnāt relax for the first 45 minutes of the film, seated beside John as the performer faced depictions of emotionally turbulent years filled with parental neglect, sexual confusion and substance abuse.
āHe only saw it for the first time yesterday, which is why I think he was so profoundly moved,ā Egerton recalls. āHeās lived a life less ordinary, but itās not been an easy life, I donāt think. So to see him, frankly, relive some of that and have such an acute emotional reaction? Itās an emotional thing for me.ā
THE 72ND ANNUAL CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Full Coverage
Written by Tiffany on May 20 2019
Starting on April 16th, Taron and Elton John along with his cast mates of Rocketman, attended The 72nd Annual Cannes Film Festival. Over 1,000+ photos from the festival have been added to the gallery.
"Rocketman" Cannes Gala Party where Elton and Taron surprised guests with a duet. April 17th - Taron along with the cast attend the "Rocketman" press conference during the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival