Bohemian Rhapsody Producer on Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury
196Bohemian Rhapsody Producer on Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury
Last week, in London, I got to attend the world premiere of Bohemian Rhapsody at Wembley Arena. Unlike most premieres, which are lucky to hold a thousand people, Wembley Arena is a huge building that normally hosts concerts. So for the world premiere of the Queen movie, 20th Century Fox filled the arena up with around seven thousand people and it was as interactive an experience as I’ve ever seen during the film's big moments. When Queen is in the studio coming up with the beginning of “We Will Rock You”, the crowd was clapping and stomping with the band. Then, during the Live-Aid portion of the film, when the band is singing Radio Ga Ga, the crowd was clapping along. It was like being at a Queen concert and an experience I’ll never forget.
However, the day before the world premiere, I got to talk with producer Graham King about his long journey binging the Queen story to the big screen. During the wide-ranging interview, King talked about when he first knew Rami Malek was going to be a great Freddie Mercury, the challenges of filming the Live Aid sequence, what it was like screening the movie for Brian May and Roger Taylor, how close they came to making the project with another filmmaker and script, Freddie and Mary’s relationship, and so much more.
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