Bohemian Rhapsody editor slams THIS scene in Freddie Mercury biopic after online ridicule
There’s a moment in the Freddie Mercury and Queen biopic when the band meet manager manager John Reid. It is edited so quickly and has so many different shots that it was widely mocked on social media – with viewers joking that Ottman should have won the Oscar for “most editing” rather than best editing. Now, Ottman has explained why that scene is not one of his own favourites either.
Asked about the backlash by The Washington Post, he said: “Oh, my God! Wow. I didn’t know about that, but I know why that’s out there.”
It was one of the scenes shot by director Dexter Fletcher – who came in, uncredited, to complete work on the film after Bryan Singer was fired.
After the storyline was re-ordered slightly, the initial version of that scene didn’t work – so Fletcher reshot it.
But time constraints meant that it didn’t get as much attention in post-production as Ottman would have liked.
“Whenever I see it, I want to put a bag over my head,” he said. “Because that’s not my aesthetic.
“If there’s ever an extended version of the film where I can put a couple scenes back, I will recut that scene!”
Ottman also said in the same interview: “I haven’t seen Bryan in over three years.
“I know that sounds crazy, but I got to London, and he decided to work it differently this time, where he was going to basically come in after the whole shoot was done and visit me in the editing room and see what I’d put together.”
Bohemian Rhapsody won not only Best Editing at the Oscars, but also Best Actor for Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury.
It also scooped Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing; leaving the ceremony with more gongs than any other movie.
Now, it is rumoured to be under consideration for a sequel.
Bohemian Rhapsody is out now on DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K and digital download.
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