13 Surprising Facts About Bohemian Rhapsody That Will Make You Want To See The Movie Again

The 28th of October 2018 saw the world premiere of the Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody🇧🇷 Many people were impressed by the film, but some of the situations shown differ from reality. Avid fans immediately realized that the facts had been altered, while those who didn’t know the story very well ended up taking a not-so-true view of the group. But still, many changes went unnoticed by even Queen’s biggest fans.

O incredible.club I learned more interesting details about the filming process, which revealed which “true” situations were replaced by fiction, according to the director’s will.

The exact copy of Wembley Stadium, where the Live Aid was realized, it was built on an airfield in London, since since 1985 this version of the stadium no longer exists. The director of Live Aid was present on the film set and was impressed by the accuracy of the reconstruction.

The Pepsi-branded cups on the piano are not a marketing ploy. But the entire performance was filmed down to the last detail, including Freddie Mercury’s kiss sent to the stage mother.

In the film, the members of Queen are doubtful about performing at the Live Aid🇧🇷 They believed that it would be impossible to prepare for a concert that would be seen by the whole world in two weeks, after a long break. In fact, the work break didn’t last more than 1 year and they released a new album called The Works, in 1984. After that, they toured extensively and were ready to perform at the Live Aid.

According to the film, shortly before the legendary performance, Freddie told the group that he had been infected with the HIV virus. Although the final scene of the film was very emotional with this ending, in fact this did not happen, it is fiction. The singer did not find out about the disease until 1987 and only made a public statement on November 22, 1991, 2 days before his death.

Canadian singer Marc Martel contributed vocals to several recordings, rehearsals and improvisations for the film.

It was no coincidence that the singer took part in the recordings. Several years earlier, Marc had sent his cover versions of Queen songs to guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. They were impressed by the similarity of his voice to Freddie’s and created a project in honor of the group, called queen extravaganza in 2012, where Marc sang the best known songs around the world.

Mike Myers, famous for his role as Austin Powers, played the role of the EMI executive — the person who didn’t like the song Bohemian Rhapsody🇧🇷 In 1992, in the film The dumber the betterMyers’ character sings Bohemian Rhapsody with your friends in a car.

By the way, the members of Queen did not break their contract with EMI. They had some disagreements, but after A Night at the Operathe band released many albums on that label.

Initially, Bryan Singer was working on the film, but 20th Century Fox fired the director, because of disagreements with Queen members and the actor who played the lead role, Rami Malek. The film was finished by Dexter Fletcher.

In the film, Freddie meets Roger and Brian after a show, when vocalist Tim Staffell has decided to leave the project. In fact, Freddie and Tim were friends long before Queen came along. When Staffel left the band SmileMercury took his place.

In the film, guitarist Brian May composes We Will Rock You during a rehearsal in 1980; shortly after this scene, fragments of the concert at Madison Square Garden are shown. However, this successful hit appeared on the album News of the World, in 1977, several years before the show.

According to the film, the reason for the band’s discord was Freddie’s solo album contracts. The musicians did not share the vocalist’s aspirations for something new and asked him not to leave the band. The leader insisted on their new direction and Roger Taylor said: “You just killed Queen”. In reality, all the contestants were trying to start their own solo albums, not just Freddie. In 1978, Taylor himself recorded a single and released the album Fun in Space, in 1981.

The film’s official soundtrack includes several famous Queen songs and 11 previously unreleased recordings. On October 19, 2018, Hollywood Records released a soundtrack in cassette, CD and digital formats.

Interesting facts about Queen’s hits that are not related to the movie:

The music with the catchy bass, Another One Bites the Dustwas written by the band’s bassist, John Deacon, in 1980. However, in 1979, the band chic released the song good times with the bass part very similar to the Queen song. In an interview for the New Musical Express, the leader of the group, Bernard Edwards, did not consider this a problem. The only thing that embarrassed him was the fact that, despite the 1 year difference, everyone was blaming the group. chic for plagiarizing and insisted that it was they and not John Deacon who “borrowed” the famous bass part. the basis of The Show Must Go On consists of a sequence of chords from the song Take a Little Bit by Eddie Money. The song’s theme and first verse were created by all of the bandmates, while the lyrics and all other parts were later composed by Brian May.

As with other feature films, there are some inaccuracies in the Bohemian Rhapsody. But despite these changes, Freddie Mercury and Queen fans were pleased with the film. What impressions did you have after watching the movie? Please leave your opinion in the comments!