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<p>Sir Elton John has insisted he didn&#8217;t take offence at Stephen Merchant&#8217;s gnome-shaped tribute to him.</p>
<p>The Rocket Man star&#8217;s new film Gnomeo &#038; Juliet sees Stephen play Paris, a bespectacled gnome who at one point transforms into a glittery ensemble resembling one of the singer&#8217;s costumes.</p>
<p>&#8220;I burst out laughing when I saw him all put together about three months ago. Stephen Merchant is extremely funny,&#8221; Sir Elton revealed.</p>
<p>&#8220;He said to me before I&#8217;d seen it, &#8216;I hope you&#8217;re not too insulted with what I&#8217;ve done.&#8217; I said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t care. I&#8217;m very easy. I&#8217;m very thick skinned.&#8217; It was brilliant.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sir Elton quipped: &#8220;He&#8217;s kind of gnomosexual, isn&#8217;t he?&#8221;</p>
<p>The 63-year-old and his civil partner David Furnish are currently celebrating the arrival of their baby boy Zachary, who was born via a surrogate in California on Christmas Day.</p>
<p>The singer is now ready to tackle a more morose subject in his next project: a musical adaptation of George Orwell&#8217;s Animal Farm with Billy Elliot collaborator Lee Hall.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not an easy task because it&#8217;s got a horribly sad ending,&#8221; he admitted.</p>
<p>&#8220;The characters are obviously all animals, but I love the thought of that because it&#8217;s difficult. He&#8217;s a brilliant lyricist. He&#8217;s not going to throw it to me until he&#8217;s finished all the lyrics, so hopefully in the next two or three months, we&#8217;ll look at that and start writing it.&#8221;</p>
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