Sacked Bohemian Rhapsody director responds to Golden Globes success

Share

• Copy link
• Facebook
• X
• Whatsapp
• Pinterest
• Flipboard
• Email

Share this article

Join the conversation

Follow us

Add us as a preferred source on Google

Newsletter

Get the Louder Newsletter

Select the newsletters you’d like to receive. Then, add your email to sign up.

Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors

---

By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

You are now subscribed

Your newsletter sign-up was successful

---

Want to add more newsletters?

Every Friday

Louder

Louder’s weekly newsletter is jam-packed with the team’s personal highlights from the last seven days, including features, breaking news, reviews and tons of juicy exclusives from the world of alternative music.

Signup +

Every Friday

Classic Rock

The Classic Rock newsletter is an essential read for the discerning rock fan. Every week we bring you the news, reviews and the very best features and interviews from our extensive archive. Written by rock fans for rock fans.

Signup +

Every Friday

Metal Hammer

For the last four decades Metal Hammer has been the world’s greatest metal magazine. Created by metalheads for metalheads, ‘Hammer takes you behind the scenes, closer to the action, and nearer to the bands that you love the most.

Signup +

Every Friday

Prog

The Prog newsletter brings you the very best of Prog Magazine and our website, every Friday. We'll deliver you the very latest news from the Prog universe, informative features and archive material from Prog’s impressive vault.

Signup +

---

An account already exists for this email address, please log in.

Subscribe to our newsletter

Bryan Singer, the director who was fired from Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, has spoken after the film’s success at the Golden Globes on Sunday night.

The film scooped the award for Best Motion Picture - Drama, while Rami Malek picked up Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Drama for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury.

Singer was fired from the film in December 2017, amid reports that he and Malek had clashed and that the director had failed to show up on set on several occasions.

However, Singer disputed this, saying that he was sacked while he was ill.

Now he’s posted a still from the I Want To Break Free video scene on Instagram with the caption: “What an honour. Thank you Hollywood Foreign Press.”

In a later post, Singer uploaded rehearsal footage from the Live Aid scene, which can be seen below.

Dexter Fletcher was brought in as Singer’s replacement to see the project home.

Malek was joined in the cast by Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Joe Mazzello as John Deacon, and Lucy Boynton as Mercury's lifelong companion Mary Austin.