5 differences between the film and the real life of Freddie Mercury and Queen

Rock legend and British band leader Queen Freddie Mercury finally received a Hollywood-worthy treatment thanks to the film about his life, Bohemian Rhapsody .

Filme is one of the public favorites and, according to Forbes magazine, he collected $ 285 million in the world .

When presenting the film on October 24 in Wembley, UK, one of Queen's members, Brian May, stated that Bohemian Rhapsody is not " a movie about Queen, it's a movie about Freddie ".

And he emphasized the interpretation of Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, something that corresponds most critics

Many also point out that several aspects of of the film do not reflect not the real facts of the life of the protagonists .

Producers point out that, although the film is based on the story of Queen and Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody is not a documentary. Therefore, some licenses were taken ] and some adjustments were made to the reality.

What are these differences ? We present five.

1. Group formation

Apparently the way the film is presented by Bohemian Rhapsody ] The way Queen was formed is very different from reality

In the movie, Freddie Mercury meets guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor in 1970 for the first time in a Smile presentation. , the group that preceded Queen. This happens, coincidentally, just after bbadist and lead singer Tim Staffell withdrew from the group.

At first, still according to the movie, Mercury did not convince them, but then they let him join the band. ] But in reality, Freddie Mercury met his fellow bandmates while studying art and design at Ealing Art College London.

Over there, Mercury became friends with Tim Staffell, who was part of Smile with May and Taylor and soon after, he became a fan of the band . Mercury joined him in 1970 when John Staffell left the band.

Another of the various points of the group's musical group formation in the film is the date the bbadist was joined John Deacon.

The film shows that since Freddie Mercury started to be part of the band, there has been no change. his composition and that Deacon was part of the group from the beginning.

However, the singer not only convinces May and Taylor to change the band's name to Queen, but was . in 1971 when added bbadist John Deacon to band

Another character who appears in the film and who is far from reality is Ray Foster, a recording director at EMI. ] According to the fictional narrative, Foster initially refused to produce the song Bohemian Rhapsody because it was too long and asked the band to produce more commercial music.

The magazine Rolling Stone states that there is no evidence of the presence of Ray Foster in reality

The publication speculates that the character could be inspired by the boss of EMI, Roy Featherstone, although he is a big fan of Queen, unlike Foster in the movie.

2. The Moods of Mercury

The film Bohemian Rhapsody tells that Mercury met his girlfriend Mary Austin the same evening he joined the group in 1970.

But, according to Rolling Stone The singer was interested in only after he became Queen's chief .

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In an interview with the newspaper The Times of the United Kingdom, Hutton says that he rejected Mercury when he invited him to have a drink because he had not recognized him (he was already a superstar at the time). time).

Hutton worked as a hairdresser at the Savoy Hotel in London When they met again in 1985, since one more separated ]

Their relationship will last for seven years, until Mercury's death in November 1991.

Hutton himself was diagnosed with AIDS in 1990 and is not prominently featured in the film because the The film ends with Queen's performance at the 1985 Live Aid Megaconcert in London shortly after He begins his relationship with Mercury, as he writes IrishCentral.com.

3 . When he contracts ida

Towards the end of the film, Freddie Mercury learns that he has AIDS and reveals it to his companions before the live aid concert .

This Dummy Fact This serves to give an emotional finale to the narrative of the movie about the group's story.

But this is not really what happened.

According to Jim Hutton himself, the singer of the group was not aware of his illness that in 1987, and only officially announced it on November 23, 1991. a day before his death.

This is perhaps the biggest criticism of the film.

"I've never seen a movie distorting its facts in such a punitive way." It's as if the movie wanted to punish Freddie Mercury "says Mike Ryan of UPROXX, a website well known entertainment. United States.

"The tragic death of Mercury due to AIDS was a key moment in the early 1990s to become aware of the disease, and to link his illness to his performance in Live Aid seems frivolous and cruel," he added.

4 . Participation in Live Aid 1985

But what happened in real life, is that the group lost its enthusiasm in 1983, after shooting for a decade.

members agreed to take a break and focus on their solo career.

According to the biography of Lesley Ann-Jones Mercury the group worked on individual projects after their album Hot Space in 1982.

Without Embargo, explains Rolling Stone, The artists did not lose touch and began working in 1983 on the album The Works which includes the great success of Radio Ga [19659113] G a

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