Lucy Boynton Misses ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ but ‘Not So Much the Filming’ of It
The star of Netflix’s “The Politician” looks back on a rocky production that eventually paid off.
The star of Netflix’s “The Politician” looks back on a rocky production that eventually paid off.
The Oscar winner tweeted a video to congratulate the latest participants of the Academy’s Gold program.
While the idea sounds enticing, director Dexter Fletcher ultimately chose to let Elton John’s movie be fully devoted to Elton John.
They ultimately decided against it, but the massive box-office success of the Queen biopic complicated the path of the Elton John film.
Elton John’s movie beat expectations, and “Bohemian Rhapsody” was a smash, but the challenges of music biopics are more complicated than two box-office hits.
The Oscar-winning music biopic broke the rules to outgross the sequels for “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Spider-Man.”
The Oscar-winning movie has been edited so much for its China release that it now has plot-holes.
“Whenever I see it, I want to put a bag over my head,” editor John Ottman says of the much-mocked scene where Queen meets with their eventual manager.
Here’s the reason a lot of people are confused over “Bohemian Rhapsody” winning the Oscar for Best Film Editing.
The Queen biopic earned five Oscar nominations and won star Rami Malek the award for Best Actor.
Box-office strategies helped shape the Oscar race, with a last-minute call by Universal that changed the fate of the Peter Farrelly film.
After grossing over $860 million worldwide and winning four Oscars, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is next heading to China.