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Kathryn Williams

Taron Egerton's Welsh upbringing, Wolverine rumours, honorary drag name from Elton John and new play, Cock

Rocketman star Taron Egerton is a proud Welsh Hollywood A-lister who, although he wasn't born in God's Country, wastes no moment to talk about being Welsh or highlight a good cause in his hometown of Aberystwyth.

The 32-year-old former Penglais Comprehensive School pupil and star of Rocketman, Kingsman and Sing, was born in Birkenhead and moved to LlanfairPG as a child before relocating to Aberystwyth at the age of 12, a place which he calls his home and 'associates with being incredibly happy.'

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