Elton John is now in his mid-60s but is still one of the world’s best-selling and iconic musicians around. It’s not surprising then, that a movie biopic of his very colourful life is currently in development, as just confirmed by the Crocodile Rocker himself. The idea of the biopic – entitled ROCKET MAN – has been floating around Hollywood for years, but this is the first time Elton has given us an indication of his involvement, describing the vision of the film as a ‘Jukebox Musical’.
The legendary artist has commented that Justin Timberlake is his personal choice to portray him on the big-screen that will chronicle his rise to fame:
We have a director on board, and then it’s just going to be a matter of getting the script exactly the way we want it. Lee Hall has written a script – he wrote Billy Elliot – and then we’ll start trying to cast and plan.
I’ve got a wish list of people. Number one on my wishlist is Justin Timberlake, because he played me before in a David LaChapelle video of Rocket Man and he was superb.
It’s going to be a surreal look at my life, and not just a factual look at my life, more in the manner of a Moulin Rouge, I just don’t want it to be a normal biopic because my life hasn’t been like that.
As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I’m not unhappy about it. It’s a different time of my life now, and it gives me the freedom to do whatever kind of music I want to do, When I say I don’t have to write pop songs anymore, there’s no way I’m going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I’m doing a duet with Lady Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.
Source: L.A.Times
Dan Bullock
Jan 3, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Aaah JT, that well-known Elton John lookalike…