SACHA BARON COHEN To Play FREDDIE MERCURY In QUEEN Movie

[Diamondjimi]

SACHA BARON COHEN To Play FREDDIE MERCURY In QUEEN Movie - Sep. 16, 2010
According to MTV.com, comic and filmmaker Sacha Baron Cohen will play legendary QUEEN frontman Freddie Mercury in an upcoming movie.

Cohen will portray the British singer in a film focusing on QUEEN's developing years up until the band's historic 1985 Live Aid set.

GK Films ("The Tourist"), Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions and Queen Films are reportedly helming the project.


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[Diamondjimi]

I think he could pull it off brilliantly...

[Seshmeister]

I'm sure Freddie could but you wouldn't want a BJ off him with those teeth...

[ELVIS]

Queers...

[lesfunk]

I clipped this from the MTV article..."After fronting one of the most popular bands in the '70s and '80s, Mercury succumbed to AIDS in 1991. The band's music continued to reach new generations of fans through pop-culture vehicles such as the Mike Myers comedy "Wayne's World."

Wayne's World? Really? Is that Really why Queens has survived so well? Shucks, All this time I thought it was because it was great timeless music. How foolish of me...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

and that flick was one year after his death, how many new generations did we get that year?

[bueno bob]

Inspired casting. I think it's going to end up being REALLY good. Cohen is a great actor...looks-wise, he's a great fit. Really looking forward to this.

[bueno bob]

Queers...

Can't wait to meet you at a Van Halen concert.

[FORD]

I can see Cohen pulling off the acting part, but for the love of God, please tell me he's not singing.

While lip syncing in a movie is going to look totally lame, it's probably the best option for this movie. Cohen can't sing like Freddie, and if they come up with some fucking imitator to do the vocals, he probably wouldn't do it justice. (Maybe Frankie Banali can recommend a WHAM tribute band singer to do it?)

[POJO_Risin]

I clipped this from the MTV article..."After fronting one of the most popular bands in the '70s and '80s, Mercury succumbed to AIDS in 1991. The band's music continued to reach new generations of fans through pop-culture vehicles such as the Mike Myers comedy "Wayne's World."

Wayne's World? Really? Is that Really why Queens has survived so well? Shucks, All this time I thought it was because it was great timeless music. How foolish of me...

c'mon...we all fucking know that it wasn't Wayne's World that put Queen on the map!

Nope...

it was Iron Eagle...

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[POJO_Risin]

We all know Jason Gedrick should have gotten this role...damn it!

With Lou Gossett Jr. as Brian May...

and some jets...

That's a fucking hit right there...

[POJO_Risin]

....fried chicken!!!!!....

[Diamondjimi]

(maybe frankie banali can recommend a wham tribute band singer to do it?)

wtf??

[Dan]

Great Choice.

[sadaist]

I clipped this from the MTV article..."After fronting one of the most popular bands in the '70s and '80s, Mercury succumbed to AIDS in 1991. The band's music continued to reach new generations of fans through pop-culture vehicles such as the Mike Myers comedy "Wayne's World."

Wayne's World? Really? Is that Really why Queens has survived so well? Shucks, All this time I thought it was because it was great timeless music. How foolish of me...

Me & some friends were walking out of the theater from that movie & overheard the kids next to us. One speaking of Freddie said "Man, it sucks he died just before they were about to get famous". I kid you not. We just all gave each other the look and didn't say anything.

This is why it's a crying shame record stores are gone. And physical owning of music in general. Where you would go in, rummage through albums, buy things based on cover art, people talking, how cool the band poster or button was, or borrowing a friends album.

Now everything is just a simple title and mb size listed next to it. No flavor at all.

To be honest, I first listened to Queen after rummaging my older sisters & brothers albums when they were gone. I picked one cause the giant was breaking into the theater killing people. To a 10 year old that looked awesome. The other I picked because it had a song about a dragon...also very cool to a 10 year old.

Hmm...looks are also why I grabbed my brothers Kiss-Destroyer album.