He furthermore continued: ’I’ve said this before – for myself and Dexter, just because we aren’t gay ourselves doesn’t mean this isn’t an important issue to us.’ The star furthermore said of gay men and LGBTI people’s opinion of the film, ‘the people who have seen it have been, so far, to what they’ve said to me, has been incredibly positive.’ The sex scenes also feature The Bodyguard’s Richard Madden, who plays Elton’s former manager John Reid. ‘So if that is true, which is what I’m led to believe, it’s a huge honour to be part of something with such zeitgeist.
