Elton John Considered Justin Timberlake and Tom Hardy to Play Him in Rocketman
Before there was Taron Egerton, there was almost Justin Timberlake.Elton John opened up about the process of getting his life story made into an onscreen musical in a personal letter published by The Guardian on Sunday.There, John revealed the film went through several iterations before they landed on the right fit for an actor to play the superstar.“Making the thing took years,” the singer wrote.
“Directors came and went — David Lachapelle was going to do it, but then he decided to focus on his fine art career — before the producer, Matthew Vaughn, who I’d met when
