Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) is a world wide hit, but exactly how accurate is the movie about the iconic band? We've spotted 7 goofs you (probably) missed. So, here are the main inaccuracies in Bohemian Rhapsody.
1. In the film, we see Freddie Mercury attending a show of a newbie band called Smile. After the gig, a shy Mercury introduces himself to Brian May and Roger Taylor and pretty much convinces them to let him join the band. The truth is, Freddie met them in college and shared a flat with May before he joined the band.
2. In the movie, Mercury meets the love of his life, Mary Austin, after a Smile concert. They fall for each other right away. Their meeting didn't happen like that. Mary used to date Brian May and Freddie met her when the band was already consolidated. Actually, rumor has it, Mercury asked for May's permission to ask her out.
3. Freddie met his partner Jim Hutton years earlier than the movie suggests. Hutton did not serve food at one of the extravagant parties Mercury prided himself on. In reality, Hutton was a hairdresser, and they met as early as 1980 at a gay club. Hutton refused the drink offered to him by Mercury, having no clue he was the famous Queen frontman. A year and a half later they met again, at a nightclub. Mercury offers Hutton a drink again, and this time, he accepts.
4. In the movie Paul Prenter fails to mention that Queen has been asked to perform at Live Aid, reason for Mercury to fire him. Prenter indeed got fired, but not in 1985, and not for that reason. He threw a party at Mercury’s house in Kensington and left the house in such a mess that he had to go. Him giving a sensational interview to The Sun shortly thereafter, revealing many details about Mercury’s private life, is correct. Even though that happened in 1987.
5. In the movie, Freddie Mercury throws manager John Reid out of a car in the early 1980s when Reid suggests Mercury should go solo. In reality, Queen and Reid had already parted ways in a friendly manner in ’77, when Reid had been their manager for three years and his contract had run its full term.
6. The film depicts that, as a result of Mercury’s solo ambitions, the band falls apart. In the film, before playing on Live Aid, Roger Taylor says it's been years since the last time the band played together. The truth is they had been touring for a year promoting their latest album, The Works. The tour ended in May 1985, and Live Aid was in July of the same year, so they were as fresh as a lettuce.
7. Freddie Mercury telling his fellow Queen members he is hiv-positive during the rehearsals for Live Aid (1985) is cinematic gold. In reality, Freddie hears the fatal news in 1987, and only later informs his fellow band members about it. He wants to keep his personal life and problems to himself and wants no pity, and especially would hate it if people would buy Queen albums for that reason. Not until 23 November 1991 does he issue a public statement saying he has Aids. One day later, he dies.
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30 янв 2019
