hey so here in usa we got some promo today for this and brian talks about mary, and how mary is a central character in the movie and stuff. they cleared that with her right, i mean shes kept such a low profile and such, and now shes going to be portrayed on the screen, as a lead in a major motion picture? shes cool w/ all that right? im sure they went over it...no?
I don't think anyone on here is a confidant of Mary Austin my friend
I have a feeling that BM and RT wouldn't allow anything scandalous or hurtful to MA in the movie- they've been friends for almost a lifetime
She's been discussed heavily in documentaries and books, so anybody who cares already knows that Mary Austin exists and how she was involved in the Queen story. They couldn't make an FM biopic without featuring Mary. It's almost irrelevant what she's cool with (if she were portrayed badly, all she could do would be to sue for libel, etc).
Obviously they'll likely be respectful in how they depict her. There's not much to be disrespectful about, really. They're not going to go into the whole Hutton/Phoebe/Fanelli being thrown out issue, I'm sure. They're stopping at Live Aid, no?
Mary was practically a "saint", in relative terms. She certainly was no Barbara Valentin.
First it was Freddie biopic.Then Queen biopic and now Mary biopic.lol
And now I'll be serious.
As I said, we still don't know what kind of movie it will be and how it will look at the end.But I don't like how announce movie and how role of Mary was announced on Queenonline(as Love of my life),and what Brian said about movie.
If they are doing a biopic about Freddie, they should never leave Jim Hutton and Freddie's real life out of the movie.
And if they do a biopic about Queen, then there's no need that Mary will be one of the central characters.
Perhaps the movie will be good but I would like to be based on the truth, everything else would be an offense in some way for Freddie.
I don't know, I just don't like this kind of promotion in the media.
This 'new' news that Brian used to date Mary was discussed in "The Untold Story" back in 2000! Why on earth is this fact not being referenced anywhere in these new 'headlines'?!
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This 'new' news that Brian used to date Mary was discussed in "The Untold Story" back in 2000! Why on earth is this fact not being referenced anywhere in these new 'headlines'?!
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IKR!
a) But non-Queen fans don't know that and
b) these are just attention-grabbing headlines.
Marys Moving somewhere else so she doesnt get harassed before the Movie comes out and They are renovating garden Lodge perhaps for the Public? link is here link
She met Freddie through Brian. Brian didn't quite "date" her as such. They just went out together a few times, and it didn't progress beyond Brian boring her to death about foxes. Some say she fell asleep a few times. True fact.