![]() Lydon refusing to accept the mythology of his band fits the ethos of punk, with the iconic frontman rebelling against the idea of being seen as a historical artifact. It makes sense that Boyle hoped Lydon would reject the miniseries, regardless of its veracity. Fittingly, that is exactly the reaction that the director wanted from the punk rock provocateur. ![]() However, the Yesterday director's Sex Pistols miniseries continued to infuriate Lydon even after this ruling. This attempt failed, perhaps in part because Lydon’s former bandmate Steve Jones gave the series his blessing, and Pistol is based on his autobiography. While Pistols was in production in 2021, Lydon sued in an attempt to get his band’s music banned from usage in the miniseries. Related: Michael Jackson's Biopic Must Avoid Bohemian Rhapsody's Blinker Mistake Former Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) has threatened to sue Pistol’s creators again, after already unsuccessfully taking them to court once before, because he doesn’t want the band’s story to be mythologized onscreen. ![]() However, director Danny Boyle’s FX miniseries Pistol has been criticized for a far broader issue, and it is one that perfectly ties into the Sex Pistols themselves and their infamous punk attitude. More recently, 2018’s inaccurate Bohemian Rhapsody was criticized for depicting Queen frontman Freddy Mercury as the member who broke up the band when, in reality, the singer was the last of the musicians to embark on a solo career. ![]()
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