lehdenlaulu:

“I think the great thing about Rami is that he completely instinctively ‘gets’ the inner Freddie, the Freddie that was shy and insecure, with a strong need for privacy. The Freddie that the public saw was built on that foundation, and Rami understands the conflicts that this sometimes brought about. He had a lot of material to study, of course, but he did an amazing thing, he gradually slipped into just being Freddie when we were off-duty together. So, especially during the filming itself, I found myself speaking to him as if he really were Freddie, and I could see Rami perfecting the transformation before my eyes… the whole thing affected us emotionally all the time, of course.”

— Brian May (MOJO magazine)

geeky-tomboychick:

hornyliverpudlianputz:

Ok I am definitely making too much out of this but I can’t stop thinking about the scene in Bohemian Rhapsody where (spoilers I guess?) Freddie tells the group he has AIDS. And I know this scene was fictionalized for the movie, Freddie didn’t get his diagnosis until well after Live Aid and didn’t really tell the group until a little after that, I know. But I have to wonder how much thought was put into the scene with the historical context in mind. 

Yes, it’s so heartwrenching to see them react to this news not the least because, at the time, AIDS was a death sentence; but what really gets me is the group hug at the end of the scene. Because guys. AIDS was super stigmatized. And I don’t just mean if you had it you were labeled as gay or a drug addict (that too though), I mean in 1985 they didn’t really have a solid idea how it was passed around. If someone had AIDS and it became public knowledge, that person was instantly a leper. 

Princess Diana made leaps and bounds of progress towards acceptance of AIDS patients by literally just shaking their hands and that was in 1987. And the fact that Freddie has just told these three men that he has this horrific disease and not a one of them hesitates to hug him is just so…I don’t have the words. And I don’t know if that scene was written by someone who knew exactly what they were doing or someone who didn’t know at all the implications of that hug but for me, that moment says more about the love the band had for each other than any other scene. 

And while that may not have actually happened exactly that way in real life, in a way it did. Because we see the band pulling together for Freddie at the time; none of them shy away from him physically in videos, not a single one deserted him over it, they refused to betray him to the press, and they continue to defend him even today. And I am fiercely proud to call myself a Queen fan because of it.

Also can we appreciate how much they literally still love him like all these years later.

Watching the interviews with Roger, Brian & John I love how protective these guys are over his legacy. Even in recent interviews. It’s just wonderful to see such great people.

That’s loyalty right there.