Ben Kingsley put everything into his lip sync of Elton John's Rocket Man

The 72-year-old went to the moon and back for this performance

Published: Tuesday, 11 October 2016 at 12:00 pm

Sir Ben Kingsley transformed himself into Elton John with bells on in a teaser video for Lip Sync Battle.

Ad

The knighted, Oscar-winning, Shakespearean actor did what no other 72-year-old has done before (probably): he dressed in a sleeveless jumpsuit with an enormous stand-up collar in silver, blue and red stripes that had models of the planets sticking out of the top, and pretended to perform the 1972 hit Rocket Man on a sparkly white piano.

If this wasn’t enough, Sir Ben also wore a silver skull cap, platform boots and Elton John glasses.

Want to see this content?

This page contains content provided by YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as YouTube may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, choose 'Accept and continue' to allow YouTube and its required purposes.

Accept and continue

He looked completely and utterly absurd. What a legend.

Meanwhile, Lip Sync Battle host LL Cool J appeared to be hugging himself and swaying to the music, while Kingsley’s opponent, the actor John Cho, stood by and laughed nervously. Probably thinking something along the lines of: “How do I follow an act like that?

Ad

Lip Sync Battle begins on Spike in the US on Wednesday

Authors

Ellie HarrisonWriter, RadioTimes.com

Ad

Ad

Get the Christmas double issue

Too much to watch at Christmas? Let Radio Times do the choosing to find something the whole family will enjoy.

Subscribe by 3 Dec

Loading...

Ad

Loading...