Queen‘s Brian May revealed the band is considering a sequel to the 2018 blockbuster biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. The film, which had a $55 million dollar budget has grossed over $910 million globally, marking the film the most successful musical biopic in history.
While talking to Britain’s Daily Star, the guitarist said, “We’ve been talking about it. I felt proud of it and the people who played us were just phenomenal. It’s so tempting to do the sequel — it would be worth it just to work with those boys again.” Actor Rami Malek scored a Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of the late, great Freddie Mercury — with the film also scoring statues for Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Sound Editing, and Best Achievement in Sound Mixing.
Regarding the ground the sequel would cover, May explained, “Bohemian Rhapsody climaxed in Live Aid and I suppose implicitly Freddie starting to deal with his AIDS, but an awful lot happened between the end of the film to the end of the glory days of Queen.”
He went on to say, “I loved the fact we were able to do it for Freddie. That really means a lot and I felt we did it in the right way, and in the right spirit. Of course we were represented in the movie because we were a group, but it was really all about Freddie, and I think we did him good.”
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