A man that lives in Freddie Mercurys old home has said that film crews for the Queen biopic had to cancel shooting scenes because of the amount of noise around the building.
How ironic is that the rock legends old home was surrounded by loud sounds?
Ray Edward, who now owns the late singers home, said film crews arrived on the modest three-bed semi-detached house in west London to film for Bohemian Rhapsody.
But they had to stop filming because the noise from planes flying overhead was too loud.
While the location of the Feltham home may be plane-spotting heaven for some, the noise coming from aircraft going or coming from Heathrow proved to be too much of disturbance for a film that traces the rise of the Queen – and of course their lead singer Freddie.
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Ray had hoped the new Queen biopic – in cinemas this week – would feature his neat three-bed semi, which the singers parents Bomi and Jer Bulsara bought in 1964 after moving from Zanzibar.
The 69-year-old said: I thought my little house was going to be on the big screen but they said the planes were too loud. I was gutted, but they did use the layout of the house to build the sets.
Freddie, born Farrokh Bulsara, moved into the house in 1964 when he was 18 after his family emigrated from Zanzibar.
The singers room is now rented out to single mum Irina Mihailuka, 44, and her 11-year-old daughter Daria, who appreciates Justin Bieber more than she does Queen.
Ray says the house has changed a lot since the Bulsaras moved there in 1964.
But directors of the new Queen film still noted the houses layout and used it in the new movie, which stars Mr Robots Rami Malek as the bands famous frontman.
Ray admitted that he didnt believe the estate agent when he said Freddie once lived in his house until he got a call from BBC one day.
It didnt really become real until we were having the loft extension done the first year we were here and the BBC called in to do this short sequence for the One Show. We knew it was real at that point, he added.
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The home was owned by another family after the Bulsaras and then stood empty for a couple of years before Ray moved in, and since then Ray has noticed Queen fanatics often lurk around his home.
It has increased and we believe its going to increase again with the film, Ray added.
Starring Rami as Freddie Mercury and with a cast including Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy and Joseph Mazzello, Queen fans are lining up to watch the story of their favourite band unfold on the big screen.
The film has been in the works for 10 years, with Queen guitarist Brian May revealing a mix of production issues, creative differences and the loss of Sacha Baron Cohen form the project, who left over his and first director Brian Singers opposing views of the movie, are to blame.
The film promises to trace the meteoric rise of the band through their iconic songs and revolutionary sound, their near-implosion as Mercurys lifestyle spirals out of control, and their triumphant reunion on the eve of Live Aid, where Mercury, facing a life-threatening illness, leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music.
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The synopsis adds: In the process, cementing the legacy of a band that were always more like a family, and who continue to inspire outsiders, dreamers and music lovers to this day.
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Producer Graham King also said the film will fulfill audiences expectations: This is a story that has something for everyone. Freddie Mercury connected like only a handful of performers have ever done. I am so humbled to be part of Queens legacy.
Bohemian Rhapsody is out in cinemas now.
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