“I think changing his name was part of him assuming this different skin,” May explained. “He said, ‘I am going to become Mercury, as the mother in this song is my mother,’” May said, according to Lesley-Ann Jones’ book “Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury.” “And we were like, ‘Are you mad?’”Īccording to Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards’ book “Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury,” christening himself Freddie Mercury was part of crafting an onstage persona. Queen bandmate Brian May has said that it’s tied to the lyrics of their song “My Fairy King,” which mentions a “Mother Mercury” in the final moments. ![]() The mythical Mercury the world came to know began to take shape in 1970. His boarding-school teachers and classmates gave him the nickname Freddie, which his parents then also adopted. And yet the biopic still leaves audiences wanting to know more intimate details about its subject, who was born Farrokh Bulsara.įarrokh Bulsara became Freddie Mercury in stages. Mercury’s roots and religious background are two of the many (many) topics that the musical drama, which arrived in wide release on Friday, tackles at what Times film critic Justin Chang calls a “multitasking” speed. His announcement seems to puzzle and insult his father, who asks, “So now the family name is not good enough for you?” ![]() His parents’ brief and bullet-pointed corrections are nearly drowned out by Mercury, who suddenly begins serenading himself on piano and informs everyone of his new last name. ![]() And his bandmates are informed that their lead singer was not, in fact, born and raised right there in London. Rami Malek, who portrays the late Queen frontman, sits at his parents’ dining-room table as his then-serious girlfriend hears Freddie’s birth name for the first time. In an early scene of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” we see Freddie Mercury celebrating his birthday.
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