Freddie Mercury

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY's original director Dexter Fletcher, who ended up finishing the Queen biopic after Bryan Singer was fired, has spoken of a very ...

I got a list of what I thought were the problems; what was holding everything up and what was really fouling it up for everyone. I forged a really quick and solid friendship with Rami…[who] was very supportive and I knew what his concerns were and what to address there. It was at Sony originally…when [ James Bond Q star] Ben Whishaw was going to play Freddie. And we got up and running and we were casting, we had a script. At the time, the British actor and filmmaker had been prepping for Elton John biopic Rocketman, so he was a perfect choice to complete the film. We were getting ready to go in the first week of pre-production and then Sony changed their minds because the wind changed direction or whatever. After years in the making, Bohemian Rhapsody was a huge hit, taking over $900 million at the global box office and winning more Oscars than any other film in 2019.