00:00At first when I read the script I said oh I can't do this there's too many
00:05similarities I could you know it could be problematic there was a certain sense
00:10of fear and and I started to really think about what I was afraid of was it
00:20the similarities was it the singing was it the obviously what was going on in
00:27the period and you know the fear was I knew I had to address the fear if there's
00:33anything Freddie taught me was address the fear and when I raced into it I
00:37started to discover that these were men that were similar but they were also
00:41worlds apart I mean you have an icon a legend in in Freddie who was really had
00:50a you know destination whereas Jimmy is just searching for your creativity and
00:59and love and intimacy and joy and pleasure in every moment and you know he can
01:05sing does he sing as well as Freddie no utterly fascinated by his refusal to give
01:12up and so I kept thinking about this refusal this stubborn refusal to disappear
01:18for Jimmy all throughout and of course this undertone of death throughout the
01:24film but predominantly it's about living
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