Just a year ago, the image of Johnny Depp smiling and waving atop the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival would have been unthinkable to most — including to Depp, himself.
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The legendary Elton John had some definite ideas after making the decision to have his current epic worldwide tour be his last. He wanted to do something meaningful and emotional that was truly significant. He did just that in a historic global live streaming concert on Disney+ in November.
Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium was the result, and it returned Sir Elton to the venue he famously played early in his career in 1975, even donning a version of the Dodger uniform he wore then. John and fellow executive producers David Furnish and Ben Winston joined me at our Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted event to talk about how they pulled it all off.
“We wanted to go out with a bang,” the superstar said. “And we wanted to end in Los Angeles because my career started in America at The Troubadour in 1970. And then we did the the wonderful concert in ‘75 at Dodger Stadium. … I thought it would be a wonderful thing to close the circle to play Dodger Stadium as the last show in Los Angeles.”
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He continued: “I couldn’t have been happier with the way it all turned out. I mean, we did three shows, and obviously the last night was the live show. There was so many cameras and so many bells and whistles going on. I didn’t notice anything, which was a tribute to the people who organized it and who filmed because I just concentrated what I was doing. … it felt magical. Luckily, it was magical.”
Furnish said they had been working on this for seven years, longer than originally planned due to the interruption of the pandemic, but he knew they had to make it unforgettable.
“We wanted to build — I almost call it a throne — that Elton could sit in and be
Just a year ago, the image of Johnny Depp smiling and waving atop the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival would have been unthinkable to most — including to Depp, himself.
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