Elton John Plummets from the Top to Rock Bottom in One Minute in Trailer for New Doc: 'My Soul Had Gone Dark'
Mar. 15, 2025Elton Johnis a superstarEGOTwho has been the subject of a hit Golden-Globe winning2019 biopic. His career has been going strong for more than 50 years, so it’s a tall order to sum it all up in just over two minutes.
John Lennon (left) and Elton John backstage in 1974.Sam Emerson/Disney+
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In a voiceover, the 77-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer describes the worst of times when addiction nearly swallowed him up whole. “There was an emptiness within me,” John says. “My soul had gone dark. I’d gone dark. I wasn’t a joy to be around. I couldn’t have anything apart from my success and my drugs.”
The trailer then alludes to a suicide attempt: “I took a bunch of tablets. I thought I was going to drown. I felt there must be something more to my life than this,” John says, before the subject turns to his sexuality. “I was still very naïve,” he admits. “I didn’t know I was gay. If people were gay, they were in the closet.”
Elton John (left) and David Furnish at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 6, 2024.Sonia Recchia/Getty
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“I was definitely wanting happiness,” he continues. “I was going completely the wrong way about it. It made me realize family was more important than anything.”
The documentary uses John’s final concert at Dodger Stadium on Nov. 20, 2022 as its framing device. His life story unspools as he prepares for the final American show of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
The documentary premiered at theToronto International Film Festivalon Sept. 6. John attended with Furnish, who talked to PEOPLE about John’s retirement.
‘Elton John: Never Too Late’.Disney+
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“He’s never going back on the road. He’s genuinely so happy,” said, Furnish, who shares two sons, Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11, with John. “So for us to be at this moment right now, after so much hard work and so much anticipation, there’s a lot of heightened emotion.”
Elton John: Never Too Latewill have a limited U.S. and U.K. theatrical run beginning Nov. 15 before debuting on Disney+ Dec. 13.
source: people.com
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