Freddie Mercury

Daniel Radcliffe says he isn’t playing Freddie Mercury and is “completely wrong for the part”

Posted 13 years ago

On Monday a rumor started circulating that Daniel Radcliffe might be playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic, a part Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play for a long time before exiting the project in July. Even...

Rumor: Daniel Radcliffe is the new frontrunner to play Freddie Mercury

Posted 13 years ago

After Sacha Baron Cohen stepped down from the Freddie Mercury biopic, the search was on for a suitable replacement. While Cohen didn’t physically match Mercury, he is a chameleon and an adept singer, so it wasn’t a stretch to see...

Will Tom Hooper team up with his Les Miserables star Sacha Baron Cohen to direct the Freddie Mercury biopic?

Posted 13 years ago

There hasn’t been any news on Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Freddie Mercury biography since October. For whatever reason it seems like the project is moving at a glacial pace. Stephen Frears (THE GRIFTERS, HIGH FIDELITY) was a possibility to direct the...