Taron Egerton on Tetris, Why He Hated Wearing the Mustache, & His Road to Directing
145While at SXSW for the premiere of his latest film, Tetris, star Taron Egerton spoke with Collider’s Steve Weintraub about the fascinating and unbelievable origins of one of the world’s most popular video games. Egerton is best known for his breakout role as Eggsy in the Kingsman franchise and his performance as Grammy and Academy Award-winner Elton John in Rocketman, which earned the actor a Golden Globe. According to Egerton, these previous roles actually played a part in his decision to star in director Jon S. Baird’s condensed version of how Tetris took the world by storm.
In the movie, which is now streaming on Apple TV+, Egerton portrays Henk Rogers, the real-life video game designer and salesperson who made it his mission to retrieve the rights to Tetris from the Soviet Union. The script, penned by Noah Pink, is a concise retelling of the actual events that took place, and “...in terms of the machinations of these separate factions trying to win rights in a very volatile place at a time of particular political unrest, it's all true,” save the epic car chase. The movie also stars Toby Jones as Robert Stein, Nikita Efremov as Tetris game designer Alexey Pajitnov, Roger Allam as Robert Maxwell, and more.
During their conversation, Egerton shares how much he knew about the true story behind the game’s skyrocket to popularity, what appealed to him most about the role, which hairy situation was the most difficult aspect of the job, and what it was like to film in Aberdeen, Scotland. He also discusses upcoming projects like the dystopian LGBTQ+ novel, HappyHead, which he’s serving as a creative producer for, a “sister piece” to the miniseries Black Bird, and whether we’ll be seeing more of Eggsy in the Kingsman franchise.
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