Finally, the Queen biopic acknowledges that Freddie Mercury was a queer man who slept with men. Well, sorta. After the first teaser trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody dropped, multiple critics including Bryan Fuller called out the film for “hetwashing,” or portraying the frontman as heterosexual in the trailer and synopsis...
Mixed feelings to start, but judging from this trailer, the biopic of the band Queen and their amazing lead singer Freddie Mercury looks pretty good. You have to understand where I'm starting on this movie, I am a fan of Queen, I've seen them twice in concert, the first time in 1977 at the Summit in Houston, more recently in Dallas with Adam Lambert singing lead vocals. My wife, however, is one of
Bryan Singer’s Queen biopic looks like it’ll get a little meta. Word on the street is that Mike Myers, who, along with Dana Carvey, immortalized the car sing-along to “Bohemian Rhapsody” in Wayne’s World, is in talks for a role in Singer’s movie about the band, which stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury.
The cast being lined up for the long-gestating Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' continues to grow — and its next addition has more of a cultural connection to the band than most.