Targon Egerton Drops Out Of London Play ‘Cock’ After Short Run In Starring Role

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The ill-fated run of Rocketman and Kingsman star Taron Egerton in the London play Cock has apparently come to an end.Show producers announced that Egerton has withdraw from the starring role in the production for “personal reasons.” Egerton fell ill and couldn’t complete the show’s preview, and then pulled out for a week after contracting Covid-19.The 32-year-old Egerton will see understudy Joel Harper-Jackson take over the role for the remainder of the run at the Ambassador Theatre in the West End.

Harper-Jackson stepped in for the final section of the play in the preview and took over for the week Egerton was ill..Cock also stars Quadrophenia’s Phil Daniels and Jade Anouka, best known for her role in the BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials.

Written by Mike Bartlett, the play is about a man who begins to question his sexuality after falling in love with a woman he meets on his commute.

The man previously identified as gay.The play is scheduled for a 12-week run.taron egerton dropped out of COCK at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, it’s time to sell your tickets out of anger and disappointment to me (with a price drop of course cause no more taron aww that’s sad) pic.twitter.com/SidxJRI65M— rayen (@guysitsray) April 2, 2022New and returning series on broadcast, cable and streamingSeries that made it or didn’t make it in 2020-21Broadcast networks’ fall lineups and schedules