According to the BBC, film production was rough. The film's producers and lead star, Rami Malek, had grown tired of director Bryan Singer's erratic behavior, which saw him routinely showing up late to set or disappearing altogether. In 2017, after Thanksgiving break, Singer disappeared from filming for three days straight, at which point cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel had to step in and direct during Singer's absence. Reports claimed that Singer left because of a family matter. A couple of days after this report, 20th Century Fox fired Singer from the film due to his erratic behavior on and off set and clashes with production personnel. Matters would get much worse for Singer as the next day, 20th Century Fox terminated his Bad Hat Harry production deal with the studio. Fox began canvassing for a new director to finish up production with two weeks of filming still remaining, all of post-production and with potential re-shoots. The new director, Dexter Fletcher, commenced production after New Year's of 2017. Both Malek and Fletcher starred in two separate HBO miniseries about World War II: Fletcher was in Band of Brothers - Fratelli al fronte (2001) and Malek was in The Pacific (2010). Joseph Mazzello who plays John Deacon, also starred with Malek in "The Pacific." In the end, Singer still got the director's credit, but the studio stripped him of his executive producer credit.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 08:29