Then on Monday, Singer was officially let go, the reason reportedly being that he frequently clashed with lead actor Rami Malek, who supposedly accused Singer of “not being present on set, unreliability and unprofessionalism.”
One of Singer’s absences allegedly lead to cinematographer Thomas Newton Sigel filling in as the director on certain days.
Bohemian Rhapsody’s behind-the-scenes troubles first became public last Friday when we learned that production had been halted.
While the official reason provided for this was that Bryan Singer was dealing with a personal health matter concerning him and his family,” other source stated that Singer had failed to return to the Bohemian Rhapsody set in London after the Thanksgiving holiday break, and that there was consideration into replacing him.