The film stars Taron Edgerton as the iconic glam rocker and Richard Madden ( Bodyguard) as John’s manager and first male lover, John Reid. While there have been a few chaste sex scenes between men in Oscar-nominated movies through the years including Brokeback Mountain and Call Me by Your Name, the Elton John biopic Rocketman from Paramount is the first major studio film to truly depict gay male sex, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
