Sir Elton John has given the ultimate approval for Taron Egerton ahead of his biopic.

The legendary singer will be immortalised in forthcoming film Rocketman, which will chart his early rise to stardom through to his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in the 1990s.

Kingsman star Egerton will play the singer and has already started re-recording his material, even though they haven't started filming yet.

And, according to the movie's producer and Elton's husband David Furnish, the man himself was "blown away" by Egerton's take when he heard three songs he recorded recently at Abbey Road Studios.

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[Elton John and husband David Furnish]

"When I played the songs for Elton, he was blown away, really blown away," he told The Hollywood Reporter.

"Elton was like, 'It can't get any better for me.'"

"The rehab recovery moment was a real watershed moment in his life, and it's a great way to focus the storytelling around that," Furnish added.

"Elton has told Taron, 'Don't copy me. Don't think you have to sing it exactly the way that I sang it. Don't think you have to perform it the way I performed it'.

"I think it's the challenge for the actor to embody the spirit and not get into thinking they have to do an impersonation."

Egerton has covered an Elton classic before, of course, when he re-recorded the singer's hit "I'm Still Standing" for the 2016 animated movie Sing.

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