Official: Sacha Baron Cohen is Freddie Mercury in the Movie

The flow of the film imho should be as follows;

Complete story set in mid to late 1991 and focusing on Fred and Queen recording songs in Montreux and Freddie at home. The story should use about 4 flashbacks (15mins each) tied into the story of some pivotal points in Freddie's career.

First scene is Freddie backstage at Knebworth showing him being very aware of it probably being his last live performance. (or did he get the bad news in '87?)

Last scene should be Freddie and the guys getting their first chance to record in the studio (Larry Lurex or De Lane Lea, latter would be better) ending with Brian starting the guitar riff which gets the credits rolling...

Would be a worthy storyline.

Let's give Sasha a chance guys. He can certainly act like a gay as Bruno....... jokin' :-)

 I would not know another who lokes more like freddie than him. Mika can't act.

cmsdrums wrote: Yes, he resembles him facially, but Baron Cohen is something like 6'3", and Freddie was 5'9".  To get their respective heights right, they'll have to get the jolly green giant to play Brian!!!

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I´m sure there are many ways of solving this issue in actual filmmaking. I mean, nor Elijah Wood nor Sean Astin are hobbit-size in real life.

Vali wrote: wow !

if the band is involved in the production .. I´m in. I want to believe nor Brian, Roger or Freddie´s state would allow this movie to be portraying Freddie in a wrong way....

As for Sacha Baron .... hummmm .....   for the moment, he´s got my vote !

I assume you assume John's estate could care less is Freddie is portrayed in a wrong way??

I´ve watched the brian interview, where he said that cohen is the one... and he didnt seemed very happy about it... for his way of saaying it... maybe he doesnt even like him to do it... who is in charge of selecting the actor who will do freddie anyway?

The more they focus on Freddie as a musician and the less they focus on his personal life, the better.  But it's Hollywood, and we all know what sells..

For this time I'm very disapointed about Queen's members.

I think it is not time yet to make a movie, maybe in ten years. (just time enough to find someone else...;+))) and the script ? nothing about it on the web.

Now, with a green screen they can do everything that they want so...

Sacha Baron Cohen is far to tall 6ft3 giraffe lol i agree with others i.e they will need an 8ft Brian May haa
not my 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th or any choice sorry mate nothing personal. Strange they never included the huge magic tour etc..

All I want to know is what Deacy has to say about this.  I'm pretty sure he'll comment soon.

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Being a movie maker like I am, Im really curious on how they're gonna make this work out. Freddie's life has so many dramatical options to make a great amazing film from the script trough the image design. Man I really can't wait.

I'm actually glad they'll be ending the film on a high note with Live Aid.  There's no need to even mention his health.  Everyone knows he died.

Sure, the Magic tour was huge, but their / his grandest moment was Live Aid.  Billions of people watched it on TV in 1985, and now this generation of young viewers will experience it as well.  With an actor like Sacha Baron Cohen doing the role, this is probably the best publicity Freddie Mercury could ever get today.  I think this is a very good thing.

cmsdrums wrote: Yes, he resembles him facially, but Baron Cohen is something like 6'3", and Freddie was 5'9".  To get their respective heights right, they'll have to get the jolly green giant to play Brian!!!
  I was thnking exactly the same thing,CMS. He's taller than Brian.

I doesn't matter how tall he is, it's a film and that kind of thing is easily worked around.

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A film?

And when exactly will we finally see some unreleased Queen material?

Sir GH wrote: I'm actually glad they'll be ending the film on a high note with Live Aid.  There's no need to even mention his health.  Everyone knows he died.

Sure, the Magic tour was huge, but their / his grandest moment was Live Aid.  Billions of people watched it on TV in 1985, and now this generation of young viewers will experience it as well.  With an actor like Sacha Baron Cohen doing the role, this is probably the best publicity Freddie Mercury could ever get today.  I think this is a very good thing.
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It still feels a bit off to sidestep his fate completelty, but at the same time I understand the reasoning. It probably wouldn't have been possible to do all 20 years justice in a couple of hours, so there were choices to make for sure.  I think the best of both worlds might have been ending in 1986 at Knebworth, triumphant and joyful, but with a subtly commuicated sense that an era had ended and that the future was just around the corner.  Could have been powerful and poignant if done right.  Live Aid wasn't the end of anything really.  It was huge and wonderful, but it still feels arbitrary as an ending point.  I guess there is story construction to worry about though, and transitioning between what is essentially a climax in Live Aid into a final segment might have been deemed undesirable.  And with dramatic license a lot could be moved around in time anyway I suppose.

My biggest dissapointment would be to see the current pervasive 'Greatest Hits' mentality  in cinematic form.  I hope to learn something I don't already know.