With production now underway on Bryan Singer’s Bohemian Rhapsody, some spy photos have arrived online from the set of the Queen biopic showing a recreation of the band’s legendary Wembley performance at Live Aid in 1985, as well as a video which offers a side-by-side comparison of Rami Malek’s performance with that that of Freddie Mercury. Check them out here…
@ItsRamiMalek as Freddie Mercury ???????????? love it pic.twitter.com/S9h03HN82E
— Terrance (@stickysweett) September 14, 2017
RAMI'S FREDDIE MERCURY PORTRAYAL IS ALREADY THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN IN MY LIFE pic.twitter.com/wbBWsTOu6I
— art by xan (@tomlinxan) September 10, 2017
Bohemian Rhapsody is set for release on December 25th 2018 in the States and December 28th 2018 in the UK and sees Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) directing a cast that includes Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) as Freddie Mercury, Gwilym Lee (Jamestown) as Brian May, Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse) as Roger Taylor, Joe Mazzello (The Social Network) as John Deacon and Lucy Boynton (Sing Street) as Mary Austin.
Minnie Whittaker says
I think the casting of Rami Malek is inspired as Freddie, a fantastic actor regardless but physically a good match too. I was actually at Live Aid and really did get goosebumps when I saw the set . I also met Freddie on a couple of occasions so it will be interesting to see how the film portrays him .