Bohemian Rhapsody: Brian May reveals his ‘joy and HORROR’ watching Freddie Mercury movie

The Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody has been out a few months now. But what did guitarist Brain May feel when he watched the Queen movie? Speaking with Classic Rock, he said: “Joy and horror and sadness and all those big emotions. I’ve seen it hundreds of times now, in fragments and eventually coming together, and it still gets me, I must say.”

May continued: “It’s very emotional. It’s all about Freddie.

“Yes, we are in there, but the story is about Freddie and that was always the aim.

“Obviously Freddie is so precious to us. One of the great breakthroughs early on was [screenwriter] Peter Morgan saying: ‘This is a film about family.’

“It’s about all the stuff that happens in a family – some good, some bad, the going away, the searching for independence and then the nurture of the family.”

He added: “It’s a film about that stuff, on one level, and then it’s about Freddie’s emerging talent, his amazing resilience and sense of humour.”

In the same interview, May revealed what Freddie would have thought of his biopic.

The 71-year-old legend said: “I think he would have felt it was a fair cop, really.

“It shows all his greatness and all his fallibility and insecurity – the whole bit.”

He added: “I think it shows him very truthfully and not sycophantically, but in a way that appreciates his talent.”

“Because he was sure was unique. I’ve never met anybody like Freddie in my life, before or since, and it’s probably not going to happen again.”

Freddy died in November 1991 aged just 45 at his home in Kensington.

The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia brought on by AIDS.