Gwilym Lee credited as playing...
Brian May
- [after listening to Bohemian Rhapsody]
- Ray Foster: Bohemian...
- Brian May: Rhapsody. It's poetic.
- Ray Foster: What on earth is it about? Scaramouche? Galileo? Beelzebub? And that Ismallah business?
- Freddie Mercury: Bismillah.
- Freddie Mercury: You give me a chance to get my pitchy little vocal chords in order and we'll go and punch a hole through the roof of that stadium.
- John Deacon: Actually, Wembley doesn't have a roof.
- Freddie Mercury: All right...
- Brian May: He's right, it doesn't.
- Freddie Mercury: Then we'll punch a hole in the sky.
- [Freddie approaches bandmates wearing extravagant outfit, Brian May's eyes widen]
- Brian May: Wow! I didn't know it was fancy dress, Fred.
- Freddie Mercury: I've got to make an impression, darling!
- Brian May: You look like an angry lizard!
- Brian May: I wanna give the audience a song that they can perform. So what can they do?
- [Brian stomps his foot twice and claps, he and other band members follow along to the beat of We Will Rock You]
- Brian May: Imagine... thousands of people... doing this in unison. Hmm?
- Freddie Mercury: What's the lyric?
- [from trailer, Brian May finishes Bohemian Rhapsody guitar solo in studio]
- Brian May: So now what?
- Freddie Mercury: Oh, this is when the operatic section comes in.
- Brian May: Ah. The operatic section, yeah...
- Roger Taylor: [debating which song is better; Sweet Lady or I'm in Love with my Car] "You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese"
- Brian May: It's good.
- Roger Taylor: WOW!
- Brian May: Is that, you know, "with my hands on your grease gun". That's very subtle isn't it?
- Roger Taylor: It's a METAPHOR Brian!
- John Deacon: It's just a bit weird Roger. What exactly are you doing with that car?
- [after the band meets Mary's husband David]
- Freddie Mercury: What do we think of David?
- [pause]
- Brian May: [sighs] Nice chap.
- Freddie Mercury: I think he's gay.
- Ray Foster: Bohemian...
- Brian May: Rhapsody.
- Ray Foster: Rhapsody. What is that?
- Freddie Mercury: An epic poem.
- Ray Foster: It goes on forever, six bloody minutes!
- Freddie Mercury: I pity your wife if you think six minutes is forever.
- [pause]
- Freddie Mercury: And you know what? We're going to release it as our single.
- Ray Foster: [laugs] Not possible. Anything over three minutes, and the radio stations won't program it. John?
- John Reid: Yeah, we need radio. Format is three minutes.
- Ray Foster: What about 'I'm in Love with My Car'?
- [disappointed look on Queen's faces before Freddie kicks Ray's desk]
- Ray Foster: Well, that's the kind of songs teenagers can crank up the volume in their car and bang their heads to. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' will never be that song.
- [Roger threatens to throw a coffee machine at Brian and John]
- Brian May, John Deacon: Not the coffee machine!
- Freddie Mercury: I also write songs. Might be of interest to you. Just a bit of fun, really.
- Roger Taylor: You're five minutes too late.
- Brian May: Our lead singer just quit.
- Freddie Mercury: Then you'll need someone new.
- Brian May: No Prenter? It's unusual to see you without your clone.
- Freddie Mercury: It's unusual seeing you be so bitchy.
- Brian May: [after Tim tells Brian and Roger he's leaving Smile for another band]
- [sarcastically]
- Brian May: Humpy Bong?
- Tim Staffell: Humpy Bong. They're going places! They're gonna be big!
- Roger Taylor: Humpy Bong? Are you joking?
- [from trailer]
- Brian May: We want to do something different.
- Ray Foster: It's my money, I say what goes!
- Brian May: We can't simply repeat ourselves.
- Freddie Mercury: No... we can do better.
- [arguing over Queen's musical direction]
- Roger Taylor: Drum loops? Synthesizers?
- Freddie Mercury: If you say so.
- Roger Taylor: It's not us.
- Freddie Mercury: Us?
- Roger Taylor: It's not Queen!
- Freddie Mercury: [yelling angrily] Queen is whatever I say it is!
- Roger Taylor: [stepping up to Freddie] Well, you can play your own bloody drums, then!
- [Freddie shoves him away]
- Brian May: Fred...
- Roger Taylor: [getting right back in Freddie's face] Okay, let's see how good a boxer you really are!
- Brian May: [trying to keep them apart] Roger! Take it easy, take it easy! Take it easy.
- [gently pushing Freddie away]
- Brian May: All right, Muhammad Ali.
- [while this is going on, John picks up his bass and begins playing the opening riff for "Another One Bites the Dust"; everyone stops to look at him]
- Brian May: That's... that's, that's quite... that's quite a cool riff, actually.
- Freddie Mercury: Hm. You wrote that?
- [John glares at him and keeps playing]
- Freddie Mercury: That's really good.
- [John stops]
- John Deacon: Yes, it will be... if you all can just shut up and play.
- [Brian pats Freddie on the shoulder]
- Freddie Mercury: [nodding at Roger] He started it.
- Brian May: Oh, shut up.
- Freddie Mercury: I've been hideous. I know that, and... I deserve your fury. I've been conceited... selfish. Well, an asshole, basically.
- Roger Taylor: Strong beginning.
- Freddie Mercury: Look, I'm happy to strip off my shirt and flagellate myself before you. Or rather, I could ask you a simple question.
- Roger Taylor: I'm good with the flagellation.
- Freddie Mercury: What's it gonna take for all of you to forgive me?
- Brian May: Is that what you want, Freddie? I forgive you. Is that it? Can we go now?
- Ray Foster: Mark these words: if they're not careful, by the end of the year, no one will know the name Queen.
- [a rock is thrown through the window]
- Ray Foster: Christ!
- Freddie Mercury: [down on the street] You can take that out of our royalties! Twat!
- Ray Foster: Wanker!
- Brian May: You can shove your gold discs! You made a mistake, Foster!
- Freddie Mercury: Asshole!
- Ray Foster: You'll never have a gold disc, you medium talent!
- [to Paul]
- Ray Foster: And to think, I worked with Hendrix.
- Freddie Mercury: [listens to May's guitar] Give it a bit more rock and roll.
- Brian May: [smiles] You know I'm always up for that, Fred.