HEYYYY! (IDK why this didn’t pop up in my feed until now… better late than never🤫) …This is one of my FAVORITE Freddie interviews: The way he just casually talks about how (other) people who are successful in the music industry then decide “let’s be movie stars!”😅 And that last line is one of my all-time favorite quotes (and I can always hear it in Freddie’s voice: “That’s not my BAG.”😎😂 …I also read (I can’t remember if it was a direct quote from Freddie, or from Peter Freestone) that Freddie had been asked - MORE-than-once - to be in Broadway shows… but he always turned them down. There were two reasons given: 1) Freddie would hate having to do the exact SAME part with the exact SAME lines, over-and-over-and-over… because he would be BORED. (This characteristic of Freddie getting “bored”, was also a reason given why there were often the beginnings of song demos in-studio which were discarded in favor of doing something different. This boredom attribute, was actually called “The Freddie Factor”😆 …Freddie did mention this himself, too, in the mini-documentary on the making of “One Vision”. He didn’t phrase it as getting bored, tho… He just said that if something wasn’t working, then “Oh forget it, let’s try something else”.) 2) Freddie said he would never do Broadway, because he could NEVER do the matinees.😂
I agree with you, I think Freddie would have nailed anything he set his mind to whatever he decided to do. But knowing his personality and shy side, I do not think he would of allowed himself to feel comfortable enough. Thank you for bringing this to us, it had been quite a while since I had seen it.
The most important thing to me that Freddie said was that he didn't take himself seriously, and he wasn't afraid to look silly. That's a very brave thing to do onstage; to be that open requires a lot of trust, and Freddie trusted his audience because he was always honest with them. And they repaid that trust with unconditional love. His willingness to show that side and his determination to be himself is what endeared Freddie to all of us so much. Yes, his talent was superhuman, but more than that, it was the unbreakable bond he created with his audience that is the most special to me. Watch what Rami Malek had to say about playing Freddie in the film; this interview is great. Start at 51.57 ruclips.net/video/zmKdqB0ZBtE/видео.html&ab_channel=SAG-AFTRAFoundation
Freddie was a musician from top to toe, and that’s why he always refused to play either in a theater or in a movie, although he was talented in acting, the videos prove it. He mentioned in the Time interview (with Dave Clark together ruclips.net/video/fMksoZgAoYs/видео.html), that he was not disciplined enough to play in a theater.
I love Freddie 💛🥰
I love that Freddie was unapologetically himself ❤❤❤❤
Freddie always clever and telling truth. he has been hisself, free! he could act in a very intimate movie!
HEYYYY!
(IDK why this didn’t pop up in my feed until now… better late than never🤫)
…This is one of my FAVORITE Freddie interviews:
The way he just casually talks about how (other) people who are successful in the music industry then decide “let’s be movie stars!”😅
And that last line is one of my all-time favorite quotes (and I can always hear it in Freddie’s voice:
“That’s not my BAG.”😎😂
…I also read (I can’t remember if it was a direct quote from Freddie, or from Peter Freestone) that Freddie had been asked - MORE-than-once - to be in Broadway shows… but he always turned them down.
There were two reasons given:
1) Freddie would hate having to do the exact SAME part with the exact SAME lines, over-and-over-and-over… because he would be BORED.
(This characteristic of Freddie getting “bored”, was also a reason given why there were often the beginnings of song demos in-studio which were discarded in favor of doing something different. This boredom attribute, was actually called “The Freddie Factor”😆 …Freddie did mention this himself, too, in the mini-documentary on the making of “One Vision”. He didn’t phrase it as getting bored, tho… He just said that if something wasn’t working, then “Oh forget it, let’s try something else”.)
2) Freddie said he would never do Broadway, because he could NEVER do the matinees.😂
I agree with you, I think Freddie would have nailed anything he set his mind to whatever he decided to do. But knowing his personality and shy side, I do not think he would of allowed himself to feel comfortable enough. Thank you for bringing this to us, it had been quite a while since I had seen it.
The most important thing to me that Freddie said was that he didn't take himself seriously, and he wasn't afraid to look silly. That's a very brave thing to do onstage; to be that open requires a lot of trust, and Freddie trusted his audience because he was always honest with them. And they repaid that trust with unconditional love. His willingness to show that side and his determination to be himself is what endeared Freddie to all of us so much. Yes, his talent was superhuman, but more than that, it was the unbreakable bond he created with his audience that is the most special to me. Watch what Rami Malek had to say about playing Freddie in the film; this interview is great. Start at 51.57 ruclips.net/video/zmKdqB0ZBtE/видео.html&ab_channel=SAG-AFTRAFoundation
Freddie was a musician from top to toe, and that’s why he always refused to play either in a theater or in a movie, although he was talented in acting, the videos prove it. He mentioned in the Time interview (with Dave Clark together ruclips.net/video/fMksoZgAoYs/видео.html), that he was not disciplined enough to play in a theater.