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Sacha Baron Cohen Back to Being Freddie Mercury? NO! ***UPDATE***
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:17 am
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:17 am
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quote:frick THIS shite! I'm OUT.
UPDATE: Queen’s Brian May is now saying on his website that Beach’s comment was a joke: “but it doesn’t mention a small joke that Jim threw in during his acceptance speech. He said that, in response to enquiries about the progress on the Freddie feature film, that Sacha Baron Cohen had been re-engaged to write, produce, and direct the film, as well as starring in all four major roles ! I’m afraid some folks might have taken it seriously!” The original story follows:
quote:Interesting
It’s been a long road to get a movie made about the late frontman of rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury, with many configurations of actor and director being attached over the years.
One of the actors slated to play Mercury early on, and possibly the most promising, was the man behind Borat, Bruno and other controversial characters, Sacha Baron Cohen, but before that proposed film could be made, Cohen left the project in 2013 due to creative differences.
On Thursday, night The Daily Mail (via The Playlist) attended the Artist & Management Awards in London where Queen’s manager Jim Beach stated that they’ve come to an agreement with Cohen to write, produce, direct and star as Mercury in the long-in-development project.
At the awards, Beach told the audience: “You have probably followed the saga of the famous Queen-Freddie Mercury biopic which has been developing in Hollywood for the last seven years. An important breakthrough is that we have now managed to persuade Sacha Baron Cohen to write, produce and direct this movie, and he has also agreed to star.”
Previously, Ben Whishaw, Q in the James Bond franchise, had been attached, as had been Daniel Radcliffe, and some of the directors whose names had been bandied about included Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper and even David Fincher.
If the project happens, it would be Cohen’s feature film directorial debut, and it clearly would mean that Queen and Mercury’s estate have finally been convinced that the comedic actor might be able to do something in a different vein than the roles for which he’s become known.
This post was edited on 3/29/15 at 9:27 am
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:19 am to abellsujr
Yikes that could be great or all time bad
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:21 am to wildtigercat93
SBC being the writer, producer, director, and star is interesting to me. Better not frick it up.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:25 am to abellsujr
wasnt part of the original problem that the members of Queen wanted a PG film?
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:28 am to Dr RC
Hopefully they saw the err of their ways.
This post was edited on 3/28/15 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 3/28/15 at 11:52 am to wildtigercat93
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Yikes that could be great or all time bad
Everything but the casting of SBC is up in the air
This post was edited on 3/28/15 at 11:53 am
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:14 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Same thing was said about Andre 3000 and the Jimmy Hendrix biopic
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:35 pm to wildtigercat93
That's why I said everything BUT the casting
Posted on 3/28/15 at 12:44 pm to wildtigercat93
Yea, but SBC is actually a good actor. With that being said, I have no idea what to expect. They must be confident in him, though. They gave him complete control of the project, which means they probably just decided they were not going to make it without him.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 1:49 pm to abellsujr
I've been waiting a long time for this. From what I remember the studio wanted to making it PG and SBC didn't like that. Maybe Disney.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 1:51 pm to abellsujr
He would be great as Freddie Mercury
Posted on 3/28/15 at 1:52 pm to LEASTBAY
Yea, I think that's what happened, then after all of the backlash they probably said "Just let Sacha do whatever he wants".LOL. I think it's cool that SBC is this passionate about the material. That's always a good sign.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 1:54 pm to Dr RC
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wasnt part of the original problem that the members of Queen wanted a PG film?
That was the rumor but Brian May has since denied it.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 2:37 pm to abellsujr
diggity check yoself before you wreck yoself
Posted on 3/28/15 at 3:39 pm to abellsujr
Cohen is gonna write it? Hmmm. That makes me nervous.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 4:28 pm to abellsujr
What all has he written? This is a lot to put one one guy's plate. Can't wait for this though.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 4:39 pm to abellsujr
Sasha has the requisite bravery to play Freddy, but it's an important, transcendent story that I really hope he can nail.
There also going to have to cast giants as Queen to make it look right. It'd be weird to see Freddy taller than May on stage.
There also going to have to cast giants as Queen to make it look right. It'd be weird to see Freddy taller than May on stage.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 4:57 pm to ReauxlTide222
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What all has he written?
He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat. This Freddie Mercury project is a different beast, however.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 5:55 pm to RollTide1987
I can understand people's hesitation. I'm sure he's not writing the entire script. I just like that he has a passion for the material. I would totally be cool if he just gets a story credit.
Posted on 3/28/15 at 5:57 pm to abellsujr
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they’ve come to an agreement with Cohen to write, produce, direct and star as Mercury in the long-in-development project.
Mercury is the greatest front man of all time, one of the greatest singers of all time, a phenomenal human being, and had a great story.
If SBC ruins this movie I'm going to be furious. It shouldn't be a comedy or a parody.
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