Queen
biopic
"Bohemian
Rhapsody" was
the
surprise
winner
in
the
Best
Motion
Picture
Drama
category
at
the
Golden
Globes,
besting
front-runners
"A
Star
Is
Born",
"Black
Panther",
"If
Beale
Street
Could
Talk"
and
"BlacKkKlansman".The
film
had
garnered
mixed
reviews
by
critics
despite
being
named
the
highest
earning
music
biopic
of
all
time.
The
film's
lead
star
Rami
Malek,
who
has
been
widely
hailed
for
his
career-best
turn
as
Freddie
Mercury,
won
the
award
for
Best
Performance
by
an
Actor
in
a
Motion
Picture,
Drama
over
Bradley
Cooper,
Willem
Defoe,
Lucas
Hedges
and
John
David
Washington.
Malek
thanked
"the
beautiful
man",
the
late
Queen
frontman,
for
the
award.
"Thank
you
to
Freddie
Mercury
for
giving
me
the
joy
of
a
lifetime.
I
love
you,
you
beautiful
man.
This
is
for
and
because
of
you,
gorgeous," he
said.
Malek
also
thanked
Queen
founding
members
Roger
Taylor
and
Brian
May,
who
were
in
the
audience,
for
"ensuring
that
authenticity
and
inclusivity
exist
in
the
music
and
in
the
world
and
in
all
of
us".
The
film,
that
went
through
a
lot
of
trouble
before
its
release,
is
finally
having
its
moment
in
the
sun.
Initially,
Sacha
Baron
Cohen
was
attached
to
play
Mercury
but
he
dropped
out
due
to
"creative
differences" with
the
surviving
band
members.
Director
Bryan
Singer
was
fired
before
he
could
complete
the
film
due
to
repeated
absences
and
was
replaced
by
Dexter
Fletcher
though
he
retains
the
credit.
Producer
Graham
King
accepted
the
award
on
behalf
of
the
cast
and
crew,
and
noticeably
omitted
Singer's
name
from
his
speech.
Singer,
whose
name
has
cropped
up
in
#MeToo
movement,
was
missing
from
the
ceremony.
"That
was
unexpected.
Thank
you
so
much
to
the
Hollywood
Foreign
Press
Association.
That's
amazing," King
said.
"The
power
of
movies
is
that
it
brings
us
all
together.
Freddie
Mercury
and
Queen
did
that
so
successfully
through
their
music
and
that's
what
we
always
want
to
accomplish
in
the
cinemas.
To
see
that
magic
come
alive
and
to
see
the
incredible
response
to
this
film
has
been
truly
humbling
for
everyone.
I
want
to
thank
everyone,"
he
added.
He
also
hailed
Malek
for
his
"unbelievable"
performance
as
Mercury.