Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury

[jefferson_dem]

Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury



Baron Cohen had been on board for two years, Brian May said Ali G and Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen is to play Freddie Mercury in a film about Queen, the rock band's guitarist Brian May has confirmed to the BBC.

"We have Sacha Baron Cohen, which will probably be a shock to a lot of people, but he's been talking with us for a long time," May told the HARDtalk show.

Frost/Nixon scribe Peter Morgan is writing the screenplay, he added.

The film, which will focus on the period leading up to Live Aid in 1985, will begin shooting next year.

"I think we'll try and keep ourselves out of it as much as we can," May said.

Baron Cohen had been "on this project since we started talking about it seriously with Peter Morgan a couple of years ago," he added.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11340336

[Orrex]

1. I'm sure that Cohen will do well in the role, but isn't he like nine feet tall?

They'll have to do a lot of clever photography, like how they did the Hobbits in LOTR.

[TZ]

2. Cohen has the outrageous flamboyance though

Or at least he can certainly project that. I'm not a huge SB Cohen fan but I think this is a good choice.

[HughBeaumont]

3. Good Choice for resemblance. Who's doing the voice?

Will it be Freddy dubbed in or someone else to mimic?

While I have no doubt about Cohen's acting abilities, all the training in the world won't give him Freddie's range.

[kayakjohnny]

6. But then who in the world could mimic Freddy anyway?

They'd have to search far and wide to find that sound.

I could be wrong.

Maybe some unknown has it down.

Freddie was one in a million for sure.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. I don't know; in "Borat", he did pretty well with our national anthem.

While keeping ready to run from angry inbreds :rofl:

[kayakjohnny]

8. And there is this that I just found..... not bad, but not Freddie..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Bfnv23oHo

[MilesColtrane]

4. Hmm...with an overbite and a porn stache, it just might work.

[NewJeffCT]

5. I think he has the look to play Mercury

and the flamboyance.

[DawgHouse]

9. I think he'll do a great job! n/t

[valerief]

10. Great! I loved him in Bruno. nt