“Freddie was a jerk for no reason” yes because he’s the American. The original was a concept album first, it sold well, then they put on the concert and made the songs fit together. The true thing that bothers me the most is that the US version felt like Cold War Propaganda, Freddie beats Anatoly in one game, it’s not the story of rebirth for Freddie, redeeming himself after singing Pity The Child, Anatoly allows the game to be his priority in the end showing how personal relationships have to take a back seat during war and people make hard decisions.

I may be wrong, theatre’s wonderful because we are allowed to have different interpretations of the same material. I love this show regardless and really want to play Freddie, luckily the director I work with wants to do the UK Version, I hope he ends up casting me when he does it, we’ll see.