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...
Sacha Baron Cohen was attached to the Freddie Mercury biopic for many years, but once the project started moving forward Cohen left, and the film seemed like it might die. But then Ben Whishaw joined and actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher was hired to helm the project. Now Fletcher has left the film, citing "creative differences," which makes us wonder if this project is cursed.
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