Top 22 Bohemian Rhapsody Movie Details

While searching the internet for Bohemian Rhapsody movie facts, I found some interesting little known details. Obscure enough that most people could miss it, I want to make you a favor by creating ordered lists with the most intriguing hidden details.

Most of them are not blatantly obvious to be observed at first sight, so take your time and read carefully. We have extensive definitions that accurately explain any behind the scene meaning or famous dialogues.

After the band finishes their Live Aid performance, the order of which they leave the stage represents the order of the members' department of the band. Freddie first because of his death. John second because of retirement. Brian and Roger last as they are still together.

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Trivia

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  1. The Live Aid set was constructed by the original builders of the Live Aid stage in 1985.

  2. During Freddie's birthday party, he sings the lyrics from the song 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon'; "I come from London Town, I'm Just an ordinary guy. Fridays i go painting in the Louvre." It would be in the 'Night at the Opera' album, later introduced.

  3. Adam Lambert as a truck driver in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). Queen and Adam Lambert has a collaboration since 2011, including several worldwide tours from 2014 to 2019.

Easter Eggs

Finding Easter Eggs in movies is one of my favorite hobbies. Hidden objects, characters, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.

  • The trucker Freddie looks at after talking to Mary at the tank station is actually Adam Lambert, he's been touring with Queen for the last years as their frontman!

  • 1 - During the party scene, a group of half-dressed girls can be seen riding exercise bikes, which is a reference to Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race Vinyl
    During the party scene, a group of half-dressed girls can be seen riding exercise bikes, which is a reference to Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race Vinyl
  • 1 - Everything about the Live Aid performance in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) was an exact copy of the actually performance, from the stage and announcers to the band's on stage actions.
    Everything about the Live Aid performance in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) was an exact copy of the actually performance, from the stage and announcers to the band's on stage actions.

  • The song that can be heard playing in the background before the band's concert at Live Aid is Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits, which is the song that played directly before the band's original concert back in 1985.

Hidden Details

1 - During the filming of the recording studio scene, the multitrack recording of the original song was played through thue equipment. You're seeing the needles move to the original song
During the filming of the recording studio scene, the multitrack recording of the original song was played through thue equipment. You're seeing the needles move to the original song
1 - Because of the size of the stadium, you can see the people in the front reacting to Mercury's singing much before the people in the back.
Because of the size of the stadium, you can see the people in the front reacting to Mercury's singing much before the people in the back.
1 - Freddie mercury wears his mothers top during queen's first performance
Freddie mercury wears his mothers top during queen's first performance
1 - Ray Foster says "that's the type of song teenagers can crank the volume in their car and bang their heads to, Bohemian Rhapsody will never be that song," the actor, Mike Myers did exactly that in the 1992 movie Wayne's World
Ray Foster says "that's the type of song teenagers can crank the volume in their car and bang their heads to, Bohemian Rhapsody will never be that song," the actor, Mike Myers did exactly that in the 1992 movie Wayne's World

When Freddie is playing Bohemian Rhapsody in the studio scene, there is a close up of him playing a wrong note.

The hallway where Freddie met Mary Austin for the first time is the same one he walks down later in the hospital when he gets tested for AIDS.

Freddie Mercury is shown entering the Live Aid concert alone (top picture) while when he is entering the concert at the end of the movie rest of the band is following him implying that he changed and now isn't egoistic as before.

1 - Mike Myers plays Ray Foster, who complains teens will never bang their heads to the new six minute masterpiece while listening to it in their cars. Mike Myers famously did just that in Wayne's World.
Mike Myers plays Ray Foster, who complains teens will never bang their heads to the new six minute masterpiece while listening to it in their cars. Mike Myers famously did just that in Wayne's World.

A perfect Malek mimics Mercury's moves in the Live Aid performance of Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), channelling his inner Queen.

Freddie (Rami Malek) is briefly seen playing scrabble in the tour bus. Freddie Mercury loved playing board games, especially Scrabble and Monopoly.

1 - The actor who played the bass guitarist is also the same actor who played the little boy in Jurassic Park
The actor who played the bass guitarist is also the same actor who played the little boy in Jurassic Park
1 - Mike Myers character says teenagers won't be listening to Bohemian Rhapsody in the car, a nod to the famous Wayne's World scene
Mike Myers character says teenagers won't be listening to Bohemian Rhapsody in the car, a nod to the famous Wayne's World scene
Bohemian Rhapsody poster
Bohemian Rhapsody poster

Bohemian Rhapsody Plot: The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).

I am pretty sure that you've watched Bohemian Rhapsody, maybe in a theater near you or on the small screen, but probably not many of the small details have taken your attention. Most of the previous facts are hidden for some reason, but still, there is plenty of randomly forgetten stuff that makes the movie unique and interesting. The more you know, the more fascinated you'll be about Bohemian Rhapsody and will watch it online, download or stream it again and again.

Genre Biography, Drama, Music
Director Bryan Singer
Production 20th Century Fox
Main Actors Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy
IMDB score 8.0

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