His relationship with girlfriend Mary Austin was shown slowly dissolving, and eventually Lucy Boynton’s character opens the dialogue about his sexuality.
Bohemian Rhapsody might not have been a gay love story, but Freddie Mercury’s sexuality is the unspoken elephant in the room for most of the biopic.
That scene is one of many to get the cut for the Chinese release, and it appears the movie is worse for it.
Still, there are a few extremely poignant scenes that occur later in the film, as Mercury’s starpower is on the rise.