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."
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Source: WENN
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