Sacha Baron Cohen Freddie Mercury Biopic

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Sacha baron cohen freddie mercury biopic. Sacha baron cohen told howard stern he dropped out of the long in the works freddie mercury biopic over disagreements with queen over how the film would portray the more salacious aspects of the. Sacha baron cohen has said that he quit the freddie mercury biopic after it became clear that the remaining members of queen were not keen on telling their former frontman s full story. Six years ago the brothers grimsby star and freddie mercury lookalike sacha baron cohen signed on to play the iconic queen frontman in a biopic. Image caption sacha baron cohen s next film is anchorman.

Sacha baron cohen has revealed he walked away from a high profile role as freddie mercury because the surviving members of queen wanted a substantial part of the film to focus on them. The legend continues. That film had. Cohen who first signed on to the project in september.

Controversial actor and comedian sacha baron cohen has revealed why he stepped away from playing freddie mercury in a long planned biopic about the late queen frontman. For several years there have been reports of a sacha baron cohen led biopic about queen frontman freddie mercury. Unfortunately the film was not to be. Sacha baron cohen has pulled out of a freddie mercury biopic over creative differences according to reports.

After years of false starts baron cohen.