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WeвЂ™ve made so many advances in so many respects in relation to LGBT equality.

But I really felt it was a huge moment for Elton - it was when he lost his virginity, it was the first time he slept with a man. As a filmmaker, IвЂ™m not a fan of gratuitous sex in any film, gay or straight. We worked really hard to make it as authentic as possible, and also to make it as earned as possible.

#Sexuality film poducer movie

The film has been cited as the first studio movie to include a gay sex scene what are your thoughts on that milestone? The number of people it has touched in relation to self-esteem and self-love issues, people dealing with addiction issues, people dealing with difficult childhoods, real families vs chosen families - all issues which affect so many people, and Rocketman seems to have ticked a lot of boxes and touched a lot of people. But more importantly, it feels like the film has really resonated. The box office returns we got were incredibly gratifying. You get a bigger budget level, you get an R-rating, and it makes a lot of people very nervous when the budget levels creep up. Coupled with the fact that, as Elton said,вЂ™I havenвЂ™t exactly lived a PG-13 lifeвЂ™. All the fizz and great set pieces and wonderful musical numbers - that just costs more. It took 12-13 years to bring Rocketman to the screen we held out very long to make the film we really believed we needed to make in order to reflect the spirit of EltonвЂ™s life authentically. Eight months on from its release, how do you judge the success of Rocketman? Sometimes we try our very best to divide and conquer, so to speak. Unfortunately, Elton canвЂ™t because he is in the middle of the tour heвЂ™s going on to New Zealand, and IвЂ™m going back to London, and then I will see him after the Baftas in Los Angeles for the Oscars. Yes, IвЂ™m in Australia, Sydney at the moment, but IвЂ™m flying back next week especially for the Baftas. After the Oscar and Bafta nominations for RocketmanВ will you be attending the awards ceremonies? The film has picked up three other Bafta nods, for makeup and hair, sound, and best actor for Screen Star of Tomorrow 2014 Taron Egerton and one Oscar nomination for best song, for вЂ(IвЂ™m Gonna) Love Me AgainвЂ™ by John and lyricist Bernie Taupin.ДЄhead of the two ceremonies, Screen spoke to Furnish about the filmвЂ™s reception, the importance of LGBT representation, and his upcoming projects. It was released through Paramount on May 22 in the UK and May 31 in the US, grossing ВЈ23.2m (ВЈ30.1m) in the former and $96.4m in the latter as part of a worldwide total of just short of $200m.

Made with Paramount Pictures and directed by Dexter Fletcher, the film tells the story of Elton JohnвЂ™s life, from childhood through until his mid-30s, as he deals with family relationships, success, addiction and his sexuality. Elton John and David Furnish on вЂRocketmanвЂ™ setДavid Furnish, who has as worked as a producer for more than 20 years and is chairman of Rocket Pictures alongside husband Elton John,В earned his first Bafta film nominationВ for producing outstanding British film contender Rocketman earlier this month.