Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury

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Posted by geroin on Sep-20-2010 01:39:

Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury

Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury

Sacha Baron Cohen, the British comedian who brought us Borat and Bruno, is to play Freddie Mercury in a film about the rock group Queen.

Queen guitarist Brian May confirmed the news in a BBC interview on Friday.

"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 said.

May and drummer Roger Taylor are overseeing music in the film, to be written by Peter Morgan, the screenwriter for Frost/Nixon.

Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury, known for his powerful vocals and wild living, died in 1991 at age 45.

Baron Cohen is known for his outrageous and occasionally cringe-making antics in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) and for his Austrian fashionista persona in Bruno (2009). He also created Da Ali G Show for television.

The film is to follow Mercury's life up to the 1985 Live Aid concert, considered a classic rock performance, and including songs like Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are the Champions and Radio Ga Ga.

Britain's GK Films is producing with Robert de Niro and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca production company.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2...l#ixzz101tqVMq7

interesting

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Sep-20-2010 01:51:

Posted by Shaya007 on Sep-20-2010 02:31:

He'll pull it off...

Posted by geroin on Sep-20-2010 02:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Shaya007
He'll pull it off...

agreed, i think he's perfect for the role actually, looks like him too

Posted by Adamo on Sep-20-2010 02:44:

awesome, he'll do great.

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Sep-20-2010 03:25:

I look forward to this.

Posted by Special K on Sep-20-2010 03:31:

is freddy mercury homosexual?

Posted by FunkyCrew on Sep-20-2010 04:09:

^very intersting!

Posted by Abercrombie on Sep-20-2010 05:14:

Sasha can't sing for shit... I would have picked Mika

Posted by Shaya007 on Sep-20-2010 20:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
Sasha can't sing for shit... I would have picked Mika

did u attend a concert of his? lol

Posted by Abercrombie on Sep-20-2010 20:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Shaya007
did u attend a concert of his? lol

I did with Nathan Barato and Cuzo too

Posted by Scoops on Sep-20-2010 20:36:

it sure won't beat Val Kilmer's performance as Jim Morrison

but i'll check out the movie anyways

Posted by Shaya007 on Sep-20-2010 23:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Scoops
it sure won't beat Val Kilmer's performance as Jim Morrison

but i'll check out the movie anyways

Val Kilmer's movies these days are Garbage!

I think he must have a lot of bills to pay..lol

Posted by magikb on Sep-20-2010 23:12:

quote:
Originally posted by geroin
agreed, i think he's perfect for the role actually, looks like him too

I totally think so... it should be good.

quote:
Originally posted by Scoops
it sure won't beat Val Kilmer's performance as Jim Morrison

but i'll check out the movie anyways

there can't be too many toppers to this one.

Posted by StereoPrincess on Sep-21-2010 00:53:

lol, perfect!

all he needs to do is wear the buggy teeth and he will look just like him!

Posted by Porky on Sep-21-2010 03:15:

never seen him in a non-humorous role. hopefully he does a tasteful rendition of the legend

Posted by Aleksandra on Sep-21-2010 19:05:

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Originally posted by Porky
hopefully he does a tasteful rendition of the legend

*fingers crossed*

It will definitely be an interesting flick -- Love Queen!

Posted by geroin on Feb-25-2012 00:31:

Posted by Wurm on Feb-25-2012 13:40:

Depends how 'tasteful' Mr. Mercury's life was.

There's an element of flamboyancy that may be handy.

Anyone remember his con man in Sweeney Todd? There's a dark side too.

Posted by 1dawoman on Feb-27-2012 00:24:

bahahahaha

can't believe he had the balls to do that......oh wait...its sasha baron cohen...yes I can....

ryan seacrest looked soooo pissed

http://ca.eonline.com/redcarpet/2012/oscars/news/sacha-baron-cohen-s-dictator-shows-at-oscars-and-dumps-on-ryan-seacrest/296901

Posted by love_child on Feb-27-2012 20:14:

quote:
Originally posted by 1dawoman
bahahahaha

can't believe he had the balls to do that......oh wait...its sasha baron cohen...yes I can....

ryan seacrest looked soooo pissed

http://ca.eonline.com/redcarpet/201...seacrest/296901

It was staged... Sasha knew that Ryan was the biggest person there for him to promote his film with so it was planned.