Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Bodyguard, Superhero, Lover and Star

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Richard Madden and his Rocketman co-star Taron Egerton both flopped the assignment of Camp at the Met Gala last night, which was a real bummer for those of us who're looking forward to that film -- I hope Elton John sent them very sternly worded snail mail which they will receive in seven to ten days. (Elton seems like a letter writer.) Darren Criss did marginally better in his Adam-Ant-esque clown-pirate buffoonery, but it's more just loud fashion than it is Camp. That said they should all immediately make out to make up for it to the gays.

I'm not actually here to diatribe on their tuxedo choices though -- Dick got a job! A really big job! He's entering the Marvel-verse! He's in talks to join The Eternals alongside the already-cast Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani. No word on who he's playing, although given all his closet-door-courting with Brandon Flynn and the rumor that Marvel wants to have an openly gay actor play an openly gay superhero in The Eternals one's mind does begin filling in some blanks. All that aside have you guys been following Kumail's super-heroic work-out progress? I am into it, especially since it involves a lot of him and Dave Bautista bromancing each other hard...
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Taron Egerton was my biggest disappointment from the Met Gala. The guy just played Elton John, Queen of Camp, and he learned nothing! If anything, it would have been an incredible opportunity to promote a movie that’s ready to be released in a heartbeat. The studio could have picked up the bill on something really outrages. Huge fail!

Manny said...

He could also just be tired of having to wear camp since he just finished Rocketman.

Harry Styles more than made up for it.

Haha!

Anonymous said...

Ezra Miller for the win.
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Anonymous said...

Manny as someone on tumblr wiser than i said "a Boy with a pearl earing and a pussy bow does not camp make" that said at least he was on board and looked cute. Anonymous is so right Taron could have forgone press junkets with one fab get up. Also right anonymous thank goodness for Ezra.

MovieNut14 said...

You'd think for two actors from an upcoming Elton John biopic AND a semi-regular amongst Ryan Murphy productions they'd have a better grasp of what camp is. (Then again, a number of the male attendees for the Met Gala tend not to follow its theme each year...)

Anonymous said...

In most of Taron Egerton interviews I've seen so far he mentions his girlfriend. So I guess he's the type of straight actor that needs to prove he's straight every time he's in public (ahem guy playing Cameron in Modern Family, ahem). Hence the outfit, God forbid someone took him for gay.