ELTON TURNED DOWN HAROLD + MAUDE

Last updated: Friday, November 10, 2006

ELTON TURNED DOWN HAROLD + MAUDE

SIR ELTON JOHN was originally offered the 1971 movie role that landed BUD CORT accolades in cult movie HAROLD + MAUDE - but turned the part down.

Elton John at the 5th Annual Benefit for the Elton John Aids Foundation. New York City, USA - 03.10.06

The British rocker was staggered when he was sent the script for the movie about a gloomy youth who befriends a lively pensioner at a funeral.

He recalls, "I was given the script, which BERNIE (TAUPIN, songwriting partner) and I read on the plane. It was brilliant. We were crying with laughter.

"I had to turn it down because I was only just starting out and it would have broken all the momentum we were building.

"Bud Cort did such a great job anyway - Harold + Maude is one of my favourite movies."

Source: WENN

| Friday, November 10, 2006

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