mkstewartesq
Sr Member
Re: Bohemian Rhapsody
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding here - according to Sacha, the original script he was hired to do had Freddie die halfway through. That plan was obviously ditched. The film as currently written and filmed covers Queen from their beginning and ends at Live Aid - 6 years before Freddie died (and, depending on which source you read, before he even know he was HIV positive. Most sources say he wasn't diagnosed until 2 years later, in 1987).
What we are saying is that it will more likely be a "film about the history of the band" rather than a "film about the life of Freddie Mercury, with the other members of Queen in supporting roles." And my only comment was that, whether you view this as a "band film" or a "Freddie film", Freddie's illness - and how both he and the band soldiered on through it- seems like too compelling a part of the story to simply drop (but, apparently they did.)
M
That makes no sense. If just the first half is Freddy and the second half about the band, the entire trailer needs to be redone. .
Perhaps there is a misunderstanding here - according to Sacha, the original script he was hired to do had Freddie die halfway through. That plan was obviously ditched. The film as currently written and filmed covers Queen from their beginning and ends at Live Aid - 6 years before Freddie died (and, depending on which source you read, before he even know he was HIV positive. Most sources say he wasn't diagnosed until 2 years later, in 1987).
What we are saying is that it will more likely be a "film about the history of the band" rather than a "film about the life of Freddie Mercury, with the other members of Queen in supporting roles." And my only comment was that, whether you view this as a "band film" or a "Freddie film", Freddie's illness - and how both he and the band soldiered on through it- seems like too compelling a part of the story to simply drop (but, apparently they did.)
M