Taron Egerton and Kit Connor on a 2019 ‘Rocketman’ red carpet. Photo via Getty Images
The BAFTAs are coming up this Sunday, but the festivities have already begun. A pre-BAFTA party this Wednesday saw the reunion of two particularly dapper actors that made their fans’ hearts stop.
While the wildly cute Netflix series Heartstopper may have launched young actor Kit Connor, 18, to the career height he’s seeing now, it’s not his first foray in the limelight. He notably portrayed an adorable young Elton John in blockbuster biopic Rocketman back in 2019.
Joining him in his Elton-acting was Taron Egerton, 33, who played the adult iteration of the singer. While the pair didn’t have scenes together (playing the same person and all), they had plenty of production and red carpet time to get acquainted.
Now, five years post-filming, the two have met up again at a Dunhill pre-BAFTA dinner party looking like the definition of dashing.
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This striking pair have both spent the years since Rocketman growing in their craft and getting some shiny new credits along the way.
Egerton reprised his Sing voice acting role for the 2021 sequel, led the revealing TV mini-series Black Bird, and is set for top billing in this year’s upcoming Tetris film.
Meanwhile, as we know, Kit Connor has become Kit Connor of Heartstopper Fame™. His portrayal of Nick Nelson saw him acting alongside Joe Locke and Olivia Coleman and has landed him on magazine covers, front row at fashion shows, and in the upcoming film adaptation of YA novel A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow.
Where the former was the more experienced player when they first filmed together, the two now find themselves on a much more equal footing of notoriety. Heck, if we’re pulling stats, Connor’s actually racked up millions more Instagram followers than Egerton. How fast the times change!
The reunion power won’t be complete until we get another song out of the two of them, of course. Maybe this time with Sir Elton himself?
Flashback with us to their sensational Rocketman duet, “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)”:
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Yes, interesting isn’t it, that Queerty is all over the guy who had a tantrum about “being forced to come out as bi” – which is nonsense (bigger stars have ignored that kind of pressure for decades, and with no adverse effects). But the co-star who has always been out and proud is completely ignored.
Those bigger stars weren’t getting that pressure at the age of eighteen and didn’t grow up in the era of social media where everyone thinks they’re somehow entitled and “owed” to that kind of information about people’s personal lives, so that’s not exactly an apt comparison.
Joe Locke is amazing and I hope he has a lot of opportunities in the future. I also like Kit, but let’s face it, he’s getting more attention because he’s attractive. Not mad at it, I just wish both boys were getting equal flowers. I think in seasons two and three, Joe is going to have the more difficult role, based on what happens in the comics. I know he’s going to totally knock it out of the park.
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bachy
What happened to Joe Locke’s career?
linedrive
He’s in a hit series so I’d say really good things are happening to his career.
bachy
I’ve always felt him to be the better actor. But based on Queerty’s reporting, you’d think that only Kit Connor survived the end of Heartstopper S1!
Joshooeerr
Yes, interesting isn’t it, that Queerty is all over the guy who had a tantrum about “being forced to come out as bi” – which is nonsense (bigger stars have ignored that kind of pressure for decades, and with no adverse effects). But the co-star who has always been out and proud is completely ignored.
DMos
@Joshooeerr
Those bigger stars weren’t getting that pressure at the age of eighteen and didn’t grow up in the era of social media where everyone thinks they’re somehow entitled and “owed” to that kind of information about people’s personal lives, so that’s not exactly an apt comparison.
graphicjack
Joe Locke is amazing and I hope he has a lot of opportunities in the future. I also like Kit, but let’s face it, he’s getting more attention because he’s attractive. Not mad at it, I just wish both boys were getting equal flowers. I think in seasons two and three, Joe is going to have the more difficult role, based on what happens in the comics. I know he’s going to totally knock it out of the park.