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So I was reading PerezHilton (don't judge! It's my guilty pleasure!) and I came across this which led me to this and I am just jskldjfaksjdksjd?! Ya know? All the deets are in the second link, but if you're too lazy:

Sacha Baron Cohen will be playing Freddie Mercury in a Queen biopic.

Production begins in 2011.

Movie focuses on band's early years and the Live Aid Perfomance (script in the works)

Still unsure if Cohen will sing or if Freddie's vocals will be used. But this makes me hyperventilate like a mad woman. I'm excited because it's Queen and I loved the Live Aid Performance (curse my birth being years after!!). I'm still a little iffy about Sacha Cohen as Freddie Mercury because the only movie I saw him in was Borat (ver' nice) and it was just in little clips (D8). I can't wait to see this! Or I can just go watch Live Aid on Youtube.

Anyway, thoughts?

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From:

thejeopardymaze

I am not happy about that at all.

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scaramouche

What what what? I've been wanting a Freddie biopic for forever it seems, so this would be a dream come true!

I haven't seen any of Cohen's work so I don't know anything about him beyond that he's a comedian and he's married to Isla Fisher. I shall choose to be skeptical for now, but it's true that actors can surprise you...

I say that they ought to keep Freddie's vocals because they're so distinct... I was happy when they kept Selena's singing for her biopic, but I remember that in the Bobby Darin film (Beyond the Sea?) Kevin Spacey sang his own parts.

PS. I just checked Brian May's website, there's a press release there about it as well under the Queen News section

Edited (added post-script) Date: 2010-09-17 05:19 am (UTC)

From:

cathstar

Yea, I'm still a little worried about Cohen being Freddie. I remember Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon did their own singing for Walk the Line and they did a pretty good job. I just hope that Cohen will live up to Queen standards or I will be very disappointed :(

From:

scaramouche

And Queen standards are tough, yo. Their Live Aid performance is the one where they rocked the whole stadium (+the watching world) and no one wanted to go on after them because they were just that awesome.

From:

egret

This is big news.
I liked this project more when it was a Freddie biopic and not a Queen biopic.
But I guess that let's them make Live Aid the climax.

Thank you so much for posting these links!

From:

cathstar

When I was doing more searches for this, it was described as being either a Queen biopic or a Freddie Mercury biopic. Either way, there is gonna be some Freddie Mercury invasion going on.

And you're welcome! Just thought I'd share :)

From:

swordznsorcery

It's an interesting idea. They've got a good writer for the project anyway, which bodes well. Certainly it's a great story, if handled the right way. I rather hope that he won't be doing his own singing, though! Freddie (and Roger for that matter) are too hard to live up to as vocalists.

It would make a good story, though. I remember years ago, Roger saying that the flat he and Freddie shared was very reminiscent of the one in Withnail & I (but with a grand piano in it). There's probably a great tale just in the flat-sharing! Have to admit that I find the idea of a pre-fame film more interesting, but I guess Live Aid is a fine place to end.