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Feb 17, 2022 · John Reid is the villain of Rocketman, and is played by Richard Madden. He was also played by Aidan Gillen in the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Nov 4, 2021 · John Reid appears as both Elton John and Queen's manager in Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, but each story depicts the character quote differently.
- Reid Says He 'Wasn't Enthusiastic' When John Asked Him to Be His Manager
- Reid and John Were Each Other's 'First Great' Loves
- After Their Relationship Ended, Reid Continued to Be John's Manager
- John Says That Reid 'Betrayed' Him Financially and Sued His Former Manager
- Reid and John No Longer Speak
Born September 9, 1949, Reid grew up in the Scottish town of Paisley which borders Glasgow to the east. The son of a welder and a shop worker, he reportedly attended Stow College in Glasgow for a short time before striking out for London in 1967. At age 18 Reid entered the music business as a promoter for EMI. By age 19 he was managing the Tamla Mo...
“[Elton] was my first great love and I was his,” Reid said, according to the Scottish Daily Mail. Their first sexual encounter is portrayed in Rocketman, with John saying at the U.K. premiereof the film that when he and Reid “tear their clothes off in the movie, that was how it happened. It was in San Francisco.” John also revealed he was “a virgin...
Reid would remain in John’s life – and as his business manager – until 1998. Over the decades the two became wealthy due to John’s recording and touring successes. Both men spent big on sports cars, yachts, jewelry, and property, with Reid reportedly owning multiple homes at one point. Reid managed Queen from 1975 to 1978, as well as other acts inc...
Professionally, their relationship ended in 1998, the same year John’s auditors discovered a reported £20 million gap in his accounts. Two years later they would be facing each other in court, this time on opposing sides with John suing accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Andrew Haydon, director of John Reid Enterprises, claiming negligence ...
Reid continued in the music business until reportedly retiring in 1999, a year after divesting himself of an art collection allegedly worth £2 million. He was a judge on the Australian version of The X Factorin 2005 and has since lived a quiet life out of the public eye. “I’m fond of Elton and proud of the work we did together,” Reid is reported to...
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Jun 17, 2019 · Portrayed by fellow Game of Thrones alum Aiden Gillen, Bohemian Rhapsody’s John Reid is a gentler figure than shown in Rocketman. Meeting the band in the now infamously edited pub scene, Reid...
Reid was portrayed by Aidan Gillen in the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and by Richard Madden in the 2019 Elton John biopic Rocketman. Both actors are known for their previous roles in the fantasy television series, Game of Thrones .
Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 biographical musical drama film that focuses on the life of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the British rock band Queen, from the formation of the band in 1970 to their 1985 Live Aid performance at the original Wembley Stadium.
John Reid : So, tell me. What makes Queen any different from all of the other wannabe rockstars I meet? Freddie Mercury : Tell you what it is, Mr. Reid. Now we're four misfits who don't belong together, we're playing for the other misfits.
