Umabi wefa uTaron Edgerton waholela kuMama we-Primiere futhi wamthanda u-Emily Thomas. Inkanyezi enkulu yomcimbi u-Elton John weza ekhaphethini elibomvu nomkakhe uDavid Fernish.
UTaeron Richard Madden noBryce Dallas Howard bakhethe izigqoko zomcimbi ngombala omnyama wakudala, ngokungafani nemodeli uClaudia Schiffer, othumele abathwebuli bezithombe ngengubo ekhanyayo evela kuZuhair Murad Couture. Akunakunakwa okuncane kuye kwathola umngani osondelene naye u-Elton Elizabeth Herley, waletha phambi komphakathi ngemvunulo emhlophe emhlophe. Phakathi kwezinye izivakashi zezinkanyezi ze-wave Kelly Osborne noJimmy Kew, udonga lweTrucci noJames Blante nomkakhe uSophia Wellsli.
I- "Rocketman" iyindaba emnandi kakhulu yokwakhiwa kuka-Elton John kusuka ku-pianist angaziwa kwinkanyezi yezwe. Ngokusho kukaTeron Ezgerton, akuyona yonke into eyenzeka kwifilimu kufanele ithathwe ngokungathi sína, ngoba ifilimu ngokuyinhloko ingumqhele womqhele ongeke ashiye noma ngubani ongenandaba.