Both films are about rock legends, so audiences may draw an obvious comparison. The director had a connection with both Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody. Also the treatment using Elton John’s songs and illustrating his life with those was interesting. ![]() Rocketman was a classic kind of musical, but it was different in that the themes were adult and had a strong visual sense. Right from the beginning I liked the treatment of it. I like musicals and have done one before – Les Miserables. But, it didn’t happen, so I had forgotten about it until it got greenlit. The project had been in the cards a year before and I had met with Dexter to discuss doing the film. It was a fast production with eight or nine months filming and editing. I made a quick shift onto Rocketman after Mary Queen of Scots. Those are two very different films, so what brought you to edit Rocketman? I presume you were in the middle of cutting Rocketman at that time. Our last conversation was about Mary Queen of Scots. I had recently interviewed him for Mary Queen of Scots, which was a good place to pick up this conversation about editing Rocketman. With experience cutting comedies, dramas, and musicals, it’s impossible to pin Dickens down to any particular film genre. Shepherding Rocketman through the cut was seasoned film editor, Chris Dickens. Astute film buffs also know that Fletcher was the uncredited, additional director who completed Bohemian Rhapsody through the end of principal photography and post, which will invite obvious comparisons between the two rock biopics. Helmed by British actor/director Dexter Fletcher and starring Taron Egerton of the Kingsman film series, Rocketman tells John’s life through his songs. Rocketman was this year’s stylized biography about Elton John. The last two of years have been rich for film audiences interested in the lives of rock legends.
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