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Fishpicker · 11-16-2018, 10:04 PM

I thought this was about as good as a music career biopic could get. I'm so glad Ali G turned this role down. I'm also happy he forced the issue and told the band that their script wouldn't work. The film does really well showing Freddy in decadence but spares the audience from graphic depravity.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 11-18-2018, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishpicker

I thought this was about as good as a music career biopic could get. I'm so glad Ali G turned this role down. I'm also happy he forced the issue and told the band that their script wouldn't work. The film does really well showing Freddy in decadence but spares the audience from graphic depravity.

I think Sasha wouldn't have been right either, but you're backwards. he quit because Queen wanted THIS movie, not a more salacious one.

**DaFace** · 11-22-2018, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Fishpicker

I thought this was about as good as a music career biopic could get. I'm so glad Ali G turned this role down. I'm also happy he forced the issue and told the band that their script wouldn't work. The film does really well showing Freddy in decadence but spares the audience from graphic depravity.

Yeah, I agree. I'm kind of puzzled by the criticism I'm reading from some (not here necessarily) that it didn't go far enough into the darker side of his life. I guess I don't feel the need to know all about the details of Freddie's life of "sex, drugs, and rock and roll."

I do kind of wish they had stuck with the true history when it comes to when he was diagnosed with AIDS, breaking up the band, etc., but if their main goal was to just give people a way of understanding what Freddie was like, I think they did a fantastic job.

And, as others have said in the thread, Rami's performance was fantastic. I also really liked how they blended in Freddie's vocals so seamlessly. I expected that to be more jarring, but you almost couldn't tell when it was Rami singing and when Freddie's voice came in.

DeepPurple · 11-22-2018, 11:04 AM

From what I've read, if they couldn't match Freddie's voice to the image they used the Canadian singer Mark Martel. He's the singer on the official Queen Extravaganza touring show. He's pretty good. I think Rami's voice was used only when he sang up close in the studio or in the alley audition, something like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptr3..._ibZu&index=37

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egtJi967tgM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Martel

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DeepPurple I could of gone pro Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Villages, Florida Casino cash: $10005676	From what I've read, if they couldn't match Freddie's voice to the image they used the Canadian singer Mark Martel. He's the singer on the official Queen Extravaganza touring show. He's pretty good. I think Rami's voice was used only when he sang up close in the studio or in the alley audition, something like that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptr3..._ibZu&index=37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egtJi967tgM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Martel
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