DANIEL RADCLIFFE TO PLAY FREDDIE MERCURY IN QUEEN STAR'S BIOPIC?

If this is true, it's a real shame. Looks aside, I don't think I could take Daniel's acting seriously in this kind of role. Coming back to looks though, when looking at this kind of role, D. looks like a late teen. I can't take this news seriously.

At least with Sacha, I thought it was interesting. Possibly even clever casting. And if it's true that S. left the role because it's going to be a PG rated retelling of Freddie's life, I don't see anything interesting coming out of this anymore.

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[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]

doesn't really matter does it? whoever the fuck gets the role, they'll never be good enough - the attitudes round here are unbelievably sh*tty.

what's wrong with "wait n see"? criticise the finished product if you have to - but NOT the selection of the lead-role - because so far (by my reckoning) none of you nay-sayers have made any kind of docu-biopic that i've ever heard of - let alone any decent movie...

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Some others weren't, but I was always fine with Sacha Baron Cohen playing him. He kinda looks similar to Fred and I think he would've pulled the acting off too.
This guy? He looks nothing like him whatsoever, not by the furthest stretch of the imagination. They could at least try to cast it right.

This would be an absolutely shit choice of casting.


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I totally agree. I can't stand the movies that SBC has played in, BUT I think he could sell the part of Freddie Mercury. I remember when Tom Hanks stared in some really pathetic movies until he landed a serious part that made him.

I think to sell the role of FM you have to at least look the part otherwise why not just have a woman play the role for that matter.

Daniel Radcliffe, even with the best makeup wouldn't even come close to FM, maybe Roger, or John, not to mention that DR will probably be seen as Harry Potter for the rest of his life.

This reminds me of when Jim Carrey was cast to play Andy Kaufman in the movie, Man in the Moon". The overall movie was Ok, but all I could think of when watching the movie was that Jim Carrey looked like JC playing Andy Kaufman. I never felt like I was watching a movie about Andy at all.

There has to be some decent Indian actors out there that can do a good job on this, if this movie is to succeed. The singing part is irrelevant as long as the actor can lip sync. As to even try to sing like FM is going to bring the bar down even lower unless they want to go so far as to cast one of the guys in a Queen tribute band in the lead role.

Anyway, JMO.

I don't know if he can sing, but he's a much better actor than the HP movies would suggest.

i''m great fan of harry potter, but daniel no for freddie, for god's sake!!

f**king good job no-one on here has the final say-so...cos some of you would veto everyone

Probably a slightly controversial suggestion, but I've always thought Russell Brand has a striking look of a young Freddie and he isn't a bad actor.

Actually, yes. And like Freddie, he is quirky and charismatic as well. But probably is too strong a character himself to portray somebody else.

Noel Fielding.

Yeah, and Voldemort guy as the walking talking AIDS aka Death (if you've seen All That Jazz you know what I mean). Seriously though. They could hire an unknown actor that would look fairly alike with some light prosthetics applied or use multiple actors for different time periods. If it's just another "Behind the Candelabra" about brilliant musician and stage performer, also closeted gay guy "struggling" in his mansion with all the fame and money, switching lovers just like that... I'm pass. I've seen that movie before. Fred must be portrayed like a real guy. With an actual backstory, childhood and parents. No, I don't want "Disney-fied" PG-13 Freddie movie, but it shouldn't be that in your face tell-all tabloidesqe-extravaganza all about his dirty laundry, Mercury so hated that especially towards the end. And it should be slightly more of a Queen movie, not just Freddie movie. He wasn't an one-man band after all. [i]Today the headlines Tomorrow hard times And no one ever really knows the truth from the lies And in the end the story deeper must hide Deeper, and deeper and deeper inside.[/i]

We fight so hard for the right to human abortion that we forget that sometimes it's preferable to abort shitty movies before they're ever made.

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. And it should be slightly more of a Queen movie, not just Freddie movie. He wasn't an one-man band after all.

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Why should it be more of a Queen movie, its a biopic about Freddie? Queen will be involved of course, but its about Freddies life, otherwise it would be a Queen biopic lol?

My recurring nightmare? Brian and Roger roping in Adam Lambert to play Freddie!

It looks like Harry Potter is denying this is true at all: [url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/28784/radcliffe-dismisses-freddie-mercury-talk]http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/28784/radcliffe-dismisses-freddie-mercury-talk[/url]

I'm not really interested in watching a movie about Freddie. Might as well just watch The Great Pretender. It was a wonderful and touching documentary.

Based on the selections they have made, it looks as if they are trying to make parody
Why look any further?! You can get all 4 for the price of one.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ok0uzfEvDjw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dok0uzfEvDjw