Elton John In Cannes For 'Rocketman' Premiere

Director Dexter Fletcher and cast members Bryce Dallas Howard, Richard Madden, Taron Egerton and Elton John pose. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe CANNES, France (Reuters) - Sporting a sequinned “EJ” rocket on his lapel, Elton John beamed his way down the Cannes red carpet on Thursday to see the premiere of his own biopic - “Rocketman”. The movie, starring Taron Egerton, tracks the singer’s first steps in the music business, from his tentative tryouts on the piano as a child to his explosion onto the U.S.