Lucy Boynton has hinted that studio bosses told the cast of Bohemian Rhapsody what to do and say when questioned about the firing of Bryan Singer.
When asked by Metro.co.uk to offer her perspective on the issues that took place, she joked: Starts to go through the things I am supposed to say…
Lucy then called Rami a leader on the set of the film which had a long battle to get into production and then with two weeks left of filming saw Bryan fired as director after Rami went to the studio to share his complaints.
We got so lucky that Rami was our leader Lucy said.
He set the tone every day, every morning. His energy was the infectious energy, and so because that was consistent that was the main centre point.
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When things are difficult, it is a very unifying experience when you all band together, and so we were also lucky with [producers] Dennis OSullivan and Graham King, and then Dexter [Fletcher] had such a great, very Freddie energy, very playful and fun.
And being an actor himself really changes the dialogue between actor and director, he is in the head space you are, so I feel very fortunate to have worked with him.
The divisions between Rami, who plays Freddie Mercury in the movie, and Bryan had been widely reported, with Malek going directly to the studio with his concerns over the directors absence on set; cinematographer Thomas Newton Sigel stepped in to helm some of the shoot.
It was a tumultuous set there is no doubt about it, and it came to a place where there was a lapse in time when our director was not present and we needed to find a new director, and I think that says it all, Rami told Metro.co.uk when asked about his breaking point.
Lucy plays Mary Austin in the new film based on the life of Freddie Mercury and Queen; Mary was Freddies first love and he called her his common law wife although they were never married.
Mary remains fiercely private and was not available for Lucy to speak to, which she admitted led to even more pressure.
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It added another weight of pressure as youre then dealing with the wanting to portray her and her experiences in the most honest way while also acknowledging that it will a creative interpretation and trying to tread that line of not crossing over into intrusiveness, so it was a daunting juggling act.
I knew she was private but I didnt know I wouldnt be able to speak [to her so] it was daunting knowing I had to do this person justice and having read the script knowing the very intimate moments we deal with and never feeling like you have taken advantage of someones experience, you want them to feel represented accurately.
Luckily Brian May was on hand to tell stories of Mary and Freddies relationship, something for which Lucy was incredibly grateful.
He was the person who introduced Freddie and Mary so knew them both as individuals as before [their romance] so could see more clearly the impact the relationship had on each other and that was beautiful to hear the stories he had, she said.
The cast and crew bonded very quickly – and as the press tour rolls on its clear from their social media accounts that they are now the best of friends, something Lucy suggested happened really organically.
Production always worryingly want everyone to bond but it happened really organically on this set, everyone ended up wanting to hang out on the weekends and so we just got really lucky, she said.
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Bohemian Rhapsody is out in the UK on 24 October.
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