According to Bruce Campbell, Gene Hackman initially refused to do the scene where Herod leans to his aide and asks, "What are the odds on The Kid?" It was only when Sam Raimi explained his character's motivation that he agreed to do the scene as planned.
Bohemian Rhapsody - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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At one point, Freddie mocks the rest of the band, saying that without him, they'd all be in mundane jobs. Particularly, he claims that former astrophysics student Brian would be Dr. Brian May, having written a paper that no one would read. In reality, Brian May received a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007. In the same scene, Deacy tells Freddie, seemingly for the first time, that he studied electrical engineering. In reality, John Deacon created the Deacy Amp that Queen used throughout their career.
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With his Best Actor Oscar win for portraying Freddie Mercury, Rami Malek became the sixth Best Actor winner out of the past seven years to win for portraying a real-life person. He was preceded by Daniel Day-Lewis playing Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012), Matthew McConaughey playing Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Eddie Redmayne playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014), Leonardo DiCaprio playing Hugh Glass in The Revenant (2015) and Gary Oldman playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017) with the only exception in that run being Casey Affleck playing the fictional Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea (2016).
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