Bryce Dallas Howard on Rocketman and The Mandalorian
71Bryce Dallas Howard on Rocketman and The Mandalorian
With director Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman now playing in theaters, I recently sat down with Bryce Dallas Howard to talk about making the fantasy musical based on the life of Elton John. As most of you know from the trailers, Rocketman isn’t your convention biopic. Yes, you’ll see how John (Taron Egerton) and his writing partner Bernie Taupin (Jamie Bell) came up with some of their iconic songs, and the film does include a few of the tropes you see in all movies based on someone’s life. But Rocketman also stages these elaborate musical sequences set to John’s most beloved songs that exist in their own reality. For more on the film, you can read Greg Ellwood’s review from Cannes. Rocketman also stars Richard Madden as Elton’s first manager, John Reid, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Elton’s mother Sheila Farebrother.
During my interview with Bryce Dallas Howard, she talked about how she got involved in the project, why she didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for the role, her reaction to the finished film, and more. In addition, Howard talked about how she ended up directing an episode of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and the new technology Jon Favreau is using to bring the streaming series to life.
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