Sacha Baron Cohen on What Happened With the Freddie Mercury Biopic
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2016
- For several years there have been reports of a Sacha Baron Cohen-led biopic about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Unfortunately, the film was not to be. Check out more of the details here: bit.ly/1YsOLNu
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Honestly he looks more like Freddie than Rami
True but both rami and Sacha are nowhere near as hot as Freddie was.
Rami doesn't even look like Freddie, even with the makeup and prosthetics he barely resembles him. To be honest, he looks most like Freddie when he has the 70s Freddie look. Once he gets the mustache and short hair... meh. He doesn't even resemble him.
Also, little complaint for the hair and makeup department, they got the hair wrong for late 70s Freddie, and definitely got the hair wrong for Freddie in the 80s. His hair wasn't that thick, and it wasn't just brushed back at all times.
Way more
Peace Sacha is much better looking
Yee but that dude is a giant... he would ve been even taller than brian... rami has the same height as Freddie had
Freddie would have probably loved Sacha Baron Cohens version.
For sure. The shit that we ended getting was so phony.
I think so too. One of the biggest criticism I had with the movie was basically that the movie was far too safe from Freddie's dark life, way too safe. And it took me out of the experience that they had to toned down something to make it PG13. Which is also the main reason I think Rocketman, an Elton John biopic is superior than BoRhap, it's brutally honest and it managed to take risk in what Elton was in his early career. Rocketman was basically what Sacha's plan for BoRhap. Eventhough I enjoyed BoRhap, I wish they took more risk with it
Dear sweet Jesus, I love to fart
Congrats to Malek, but I really wanted to see Sacha’s take on Freddie
Saem
He’s 6’3 , it wouldn’t work out
Just watch borat or bruno, it's all he's good at really.
pizza until dawn 2 is gonna suck
Sacha out; I was out. His take trumps the band's bland tidy version.Ya know, reality
He would have done Freddie justice. Flamboyant AND respectfully. Shame we never got to see it
Well they Said he wasent serius enough
Sasha is the perfect guy for the role I swear. The looks, British accent, height, body built, and this guy is a comedian that can ape any mannerism esp Freddie that is so close to his.
True about everything apart from the height. Sacha is a lot taller than Freddie.
Height?! lmao have you ever seen a picture of Freddie Mercury?! He was 5'9 and Sacha is 6'3.
@@harold3165 no
I love how Howard immediately guesses Brian May.
Brian May is pretty outspoken about how much he disliked Sasha's ideas for the movie. Lol
quack man yeah, Brian May's always been a bit of a prick. Milking the band for all it's worth whilst denying what made it great to begin with. If it really did carry on 'from strength to strength' then why has there never been any new material? Because they can't do it without Freddie, that's why.
quack man probably not a guess
Well its a 50/50
is Brian May an ass
Howard could have played Brian May LOL
Holy shit yes 😂
I Laughed Out Loud At This Comment That Hair Lmbo! Great Comment 😁
Lmao! And that's the tea 🍵
lol i was thinking the same
They should’ve just shot it themselves.
If Cohen did the movie, it’d have been rated R18+
the raiting comes second to the quality
Curious Otter No, It would have been good
As it should have been
@Curious Otter - And a thousand times better.
Curious Otter 🙈
Queen became a tribute band when Freddie died.
WHOA. didn't see it that way, but it makes so much sense!
Nah, they became their own thing with Paul Rogers.
They became a tribute band when Adam Lambert joined.
I'm so glad to read so many comments stating what is so clearly the truth; Queen is not Queen without Freddie.
yes it is still Queen, just not the same. Stop being so childish about it
Adam is almost as amazing. However, so true, there'll never be another Freddie
John Rodgers. indeed. im not happy fan.why dont they re name the new band.
Its not queen.
true, but the same could be said about the rest of them
And queen would not be Queen without Brian. Actually listen to the music. It almost always sounds like they have 2 guitarists. They do not....
I could not think of anyone better than Sasha being able to capture Freddie's unique charisma. Such a pitty
Freddie Mercury filled those stadiums. The band was mad talented but Freddie's voice was one in a billion.
I was so excited when it was announced that Sacha would play Freddie. Too bad they couldn't work it out. Sacha is right, the real story is Freddie. Even a life-long Queen fan such as myself can see that!
Watching the band "carry on" and go from strength to strength? That sounds like a really bad Lifetime movie. One where Brian May's mother walks into the recording studio, and gives the discouraged band members an inspirational speech.
+chris812125 No.
chris812125 can you imagine it... sounds horrific, like freddy dies but somehow they become great again and ben elton makes queen the musical
Yeah, Brian is only a PHD now who consults with NASA and helped develop the probe that recently passed Pluto. Guy is obviously a loser....
chris812125 It turned out to be a Vh1 tv movie in my opinion except I do think Rami Malek’s performance was pretty decent.
Starring members of Facts of Life
If anyone wants to learn about freddie's personal life, they can a watch a documentry called "who wants live forever." It gives a great inner look of freddie's life after the live aid and his last days.
That's too bad, Sacha would have been SO perfect for the role. I mean my god he really looks like him and has the native British accent!
Dylan Byrne no his face is taller and slimmer than freddie
Dylan Byrne true
You need glasses.
Accent isn't a big deal but the look is..
It would have been an academy award winning performance!
Rami was very good in the film, but I would love to see Sacha playing it as well, I think he'd be phenomenal
This is such a shame. Because I think Sacha would've been PERFECT for this role. I need more musical movies with SBC. His voice is fantastic!
It's still possible to do Sachas take. Maybe in a more gritty indie film kinda way. But what bohemian did is reach all audiences, I had kids come back to my music class wanting to know more about queen, it was accessible
I just don’t think they will, and tbh if Sacha isn’t involved that’s a huge L considering he wanted to accurately portray Freddie Mercury and his life, plus he kinda resembles him a bit
I saw Bohemian Rhapsody, it was a fun and enjoyable movie, but a lot of historical inaccuracies that makes the movie a work of fiction rather then a biopic. I would have loved to seen Sasha Baron Cohen's version rather then Queen's sanitized version. There is a British documentary that came out a few years ago, with some acted out scenes, that is very good, that is the closest Queen fans will ever get to an honest portrayal of Freddie Mercury and Queen.
One of Freddie's friends asked him in his last years how he wanted to be remembered on film, Freddie told him that they put anything and everything as long as it wasn't boring. There was no need to sanitize his life story.
I wasn't bored tho watching it. It left me wanting more, whatever that means
@HappyRoach1 I couldn't agree more. I'm going to watch this doc right now btw 'cause I need to desanitize myself from all that moralism.
Whats the name of the doc, mate?
HappyRoach1 I would have loved watching a queen movie with live footage with Freddie with interviews and concerts and back stage-clowning around
What is the title of that documentary ?
Why do Brain May and Roger Taylor own the rights to Freddie's biopic anyway? Brain May must be insane if he thinks a movie about Queen is half Freddie, half them now going on tour with Adam Lambert and putting Freddie's songs on every advert from sofa's to every other advert that has a Queen song on. How ridiculous. Sacha should work with Freddies family and do his own movie. The public want Sacha as Freddie!
No one can own the rights to a Freddie biopic. However, they would need the rights to the music. Owners of Queen music rights would need to consent for a Freddie biopic to have their music in the movie. A Freddie biopic without the music would just not be as good.
The problem is Brian and Roger own the rights to their own likenesses, and using them in the movie would be legal suicide
Only Freddie's sister is alive, his mother just died a couple days ago....:(
Start a petition!
Sadly the only surviving member of Freddie's family is now his mother, but thankfully we have plenty of documentaries and interviews that feature his family.
Sasha would have been BRILLIANT
So could we see this movie come out in the end?
I loved the version with Rami as Freddie but would happily watch a new version with SBC as Freddie. Art is subjective and can be interpreted in several ways. We've had how many variations of Pride and Prejudice or Little Women over the years?? I've watched almost all of them and enjoyed them all in different ways. The only problem is that SBC needs the music for any version he does and if the band Queen won't sign on, then it's not going to happen. :(
Can you add the entire interview!? He's brilliant!
They play the interviews on Sirius so late, I don't have a chance to listen. I still haven't heard this interview.
Spot on, Sacha would've been great but as he said, no one (including me) want to see an end in the middle. What we fans want to see is the journey to what made Queen and Freddie legends.
he does look a whole lot like freddie such a shame
VarietyMusicLover Luis Suarez looks more like Freddie
I think THAT, and the fact that Sacha will do just about anything over the top, makes me the most upset that this never happened. It could have been incredible. I think about this way too often.
Not only does he look like him he's a compelling actor. Sacha's characters are warped and brilliant. Freddie Mercury was both warped and brilliant. I understand the band's decision; they do own rights of the band. Rami Malek is a great actor too - we'll see.
VarietyMusicLover Rami Malek with the mustache they put him in..... spitting image.
You need glasses.
I would love to see his version of the movie
I can see him playing Freddie.
I believe the other 2 band mates didn’t want the script to be too rated R about FM. They are more concerned making albums sales all over again, and are reluctant to completely surprise a younger generation how he lived his life.
I feel Malek was too exaggerated as Freddy. People are praising his acting, but he exaggerated it almost where it would appear like mocking in any other scenario (Saturday Night Live for example).
I thought the same thing....especially at the beginning of the movie.
Mr. E I swear
I think poor Rami was heavily coached by someone with a real agenda to completely reduce Freddie and make him look small, slow and selfish. Not even Rami is as tiny as the camera angles made him look. It was so insulting and utterly unjustifiable.
There were so many distortions and lies in the film - Freddie deserved a movie that at least attempted to portray his quick wit, warmth, kindness, strength and legendary stature. He had the most natural, effortless charisma, and remains the most powerfully commanding presence onstage the rock world has ever seen.
To be fair, it wasn't Rami's fault. It was the directors fault. Rami did a great job in my opinion but I still don't like the movie.
Freddie had a great sense of humor, he wouldn't mind Sacha making a movie that plays out how Sacha wants it to play out. That's what I think
Benjamin - I think you're right. Freddie would love Sacha kicking the piss out of him. He always said he never wanted to be boring.
I respect their decision to go on with Queen and guests singer, fans love it and they love playing the songs, but everyone knows the real Queen that people care about died with Freddie, I don't know how they can not understand that,
Probably all the sold out shows with guest singers that you and some fans love so much. Why would he think otherwise?
+Michel van der Molen
Queen fans are fans of the band too, not just Freddie... I'm a huge fan of all of them, but would much rather see Sascha's version of the movie.
+Michel van der Molen Write he's name right, fucking troll!
+TheSoundEngineAF - Yes, but let's be real... Queen has been able to enjoy the post-Mercury success because of how monumentally influential Freddy was. Brian May will have his place among the greatest of all time, but it will not be in the same league as Mercury.
***** - Exactly... it's like Journey and Steve Perry... Journey is enjoying a lot of success, but they understand and publicly acknowledge that Journey wouldn't be what it is, today, without Steve Perry.
Might sound rude... but to me Queen was only Queen with Freddy. I was kind of hoping to see a bio-pic much like we did for Jonny Cash and others.
you mean *Freddie
If they want to make a movie about Queen after Freddie, there should be 5 prequels about Freddie alone.
I would watch Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury anytime.
I'm not interested in watching Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury at all.
Everyone on earth feels like you do. These bands just never know when to let it go. Did you know the Doors made like two or three albums after Morrison died? Like anyone gave a shit. May is a great guitarist, but it's not Queen without Mercury. Start something new, like New Order did, but to continue pretending to be Queen, without probably one of the top two or three most recognizable, original frontmen ever, it's just silly.
Agree
Nope, not rude at all. Just like LZ with Bonham, theres no Queen without Freddie.
Welp, he could always play Frank Zappa if a biopic is made
Oh yes!
Same thing I thought
As much as I admire Remi Malek I would love to have seen Sacha's movie more ..
What Brian and Roger missed was that the movie was about Freddie. Not about Queen.
Yep.
is it? says who?
malignor actually it's about Queen but more specifically Freddie
Even if it is about the band, the movie should really end after Freddie's death. Or, maybe include the tribute concert then have a little blurb at the end on how they have carried on the legacy by doing this and that,etc. If he dies half way through, how are they going to fit 20 years of the band in an hour?? I really hope the movie doesn't get made the way i'm hearing- *cringe*
Mel Z who said that's what the film will be like? Not Brian or Roger, only the bitter comedian that got ditched from the project
I was really looking forward to that movie...would have been truly epic.
The only way this Queen film would work would be if the film's last half an hour was the Tribute Concert to Freddie at Wembley Stadium, where the other band mates get closure over Freddie's death. What would happen in this movie? Adam Lambert joins the band at the end then the credits roll?
Agree, but not have him die in the middle and than just watch the rest of the film with just the band moving on, Sascha was right!
Max Marriott Then they make a sequel where Adam Lambert and the rest of Queen fight Thanos.
Fuck Adam Lambert
Yeah there's Adam Lambert alright
Freddie Mercury is alive and he would definitely make a cameo in the Queen film with Sacha Baron's Freddie Mercury
we needed this version, great that Sacha stayed true
I still want to see Sacha as Freddie. Now that I've seen the movie, it's clear that the band members wanted to see themselves as equals instead of making a movie about Freddie. So it comes off as a rather awkward buddy-buddy situation with a few rare arguments. It could have been so much more raw.
this interview was spectacular. sacha is such an interesting and articulate guy; it's refreshing.
Wowwww that makes me upset
*If they could make Sacha look younger his portrayal would be epic. That is all it would take. He already got the moves, the attitude, the body and even the teeth!*
I can't help but hear Borat every time he says 'yes'.
Sacha would have made it a better movie. The way it was finally released was so tame. Plus some of the facts they changed were hilarious. I just imagined millions of Queen fans watching it and simultaneously going “Urrr what??”
Tom it wasn’t just tame, it was plain disrespectful as well. To take Freddie, a calm, quiet and kindhearted man, and make him an egomaniac who breaks up the band with a solo album (when he wasn’t the first to go solo), only to have him crawling back to the apparently perfect Brian May and Roger Taylor is nothing short of disgraceful to such a legendary man
I love Freddie. He is the best rock Singer of our time. He was a beautiful person, and a crazy party-er
Also really loved his two cats.
McCartney, Lennon, Elvis and Morrison > Freddie
The ironic part is the movie was a critical Toss up BECAUSE a lot of people felt it was too toned down and not enough drama. I feel like I’m one of the only people Who came out of it going ‘ok, I don’t get the big deal?’
And when my best friend saw it, she said the same thing, so I think originally they had the right idea. The movie was definitely lacking emotion.
Biopics should be a representation about how the person viewed their life not a boring chronological story.
Honestly, I felt like the movie fell really flat... I'm genuinely surprised that it won awards... No offense to everyone who did like it. A genuinely written version would have been so interesting.
Also, I can totally understand why the band refuses to accept that it was just not the same without Freddie Mercury, all of them being amazing musicians themselves. It must be hard to swallow even after this long... But sadly, that is what happened :/
Well the movie's out now and they ended up not having him die in the middle so I guess it all worked, especially since that Rami Malek was phenomonal as Freddie and as much as Sacha Baron Cohen looks like him, I just can't picture anyone apart from Malek as him. Also glad they decided to make it more of a tribute than an expose because I think they showed a great amount of respect towards Freddie while also highlighting his problems. Amazing movie if you ask me.
True, and there where lots of good things about the movie - however the most talked about scene, the live aid reconstruction, felt cheesy and rushed and it just does not come off.
yeah i dont know why people always want to see his personal life and private life. they even forget the remaining family of freddie who still alive.
@@rovie1400 absolutely true!
There is a red carpet interview of Roger Taylor for the premiere of the movie. He said that Sasha didn't take Freddie and the role seriously enough. It was a quick comment and easy to miss, but Roger's tone suggested that he felt a bit disrespected.
But at the same time they didn't respect freddies request "never Be Boring.".
1:52 that laugh kills me everytime.
Honestly: Queen without Freddie Mercury is like a body without heart!
Rami Malek lip syncing was cool and all but that movie could’ve been another level of good
dat laugh at the end
The movie about the Doors didn't go past the death of Jim Morrison, or the one about Sid Vicious (Sid & Nancy) or the Richie Valens one La Bamba and the one on Buddy Holly. Seems to me its all about Brian May.
It also isn't a Queen movie, it's a FREDDIE MERCURY BIOPIC.
That selfish prick
Did you see the movie?
Ian Cohan "Queen: The Brian May Story."😄
It seems to me it's all about lead singers and fuck the rest of the band.
I wonder what he thinks of Rami winning an oscar for his potential role
Cohen is a super brilliant guy who can truly understand another genius, and the extraordinary things coming with genius. Now with the movie (Bohemian Rhapsody) you will only see what parents want.
Exactly, Ethan. Totally agree. It should have been Sasha. And it should have been about Freddie - not a story about Brian and Roger, sometimes twisting the facts in their favour.
Very disappointed - as lots of Freddie's true fans must be
Freddie Mercury himself with his voice and presence without the music was a sight to be seen..together the band made queen a legend...my dad said to me as a kid when i said whos the greatest singer..he said straight away freddie mercury when i asked in 2002 he hasnt heard of anyone with a voice range n quality of his from oprah to rock..when i got older i understood what he meant :)...born 85 :)
"from oprah to rock", lmfao
the only one who compares is rob halford from judas priest,
he is far more into hard rock/metal but has the same vocal
demeanor as freddy mercury.they are/were both gay as well
He is good but can’t sing low like bono
Ok.
bruce wayne Oprah
I would like to hear what Brian and Roger have to say about this...two sides of every story.
Search youtube video called "Brian May: 'Thank God' Rami Malek played Freddie Mercury." Roger Taylor basically says that the project with Sasha Cohen was never really "on." And that Sasha "never took Freddie Mercury seriously enough."
@@ej8867 i saw that video. I also know those two and know that Brian hides is emotions really well and Roger is more transparant. So you get a polite answer from Brian (that tells you nothing at all about SBC) and you get a more raw response from Roger saying SBC was never really on after they discussed scripts and storylines for 6 years...
I'm a Queen fan but i'm not blind. I'm not a SBC fan but i can't believe Roger for a minute with the "he was never really on" thing.
Poder do Cosmos I actually know Roger. Yeah, he was lying.
@@PoderdoCosmos Agreed. I used to work for a publicist and all celebrities are armed with a narrative when they do interviews. I promise you that we will never know the actual truth - only the narrative that their agents/publicists approve for them. It's a good rule to filter everything that a celebrity says with a good dose of skepticism.
Akva X Yeah, heir side is that they like money
Robin finally says something funny (at the end) after 40 years on the radio.
I would love to have seen Sacha do this! The bloke is a master of his craft.
Sacha should make a film of Frank Zappa's biography, it would pay him a lot.
Agreed
Would have loved to watch this movie. I think he could pull off a serious role easily.
That is interesting to know.... While I believe the product that came out in the end was heavily sanitized for mainstream.... Nobody and I mean nobody would have watched a movie about Queen where Freddy Mercury dies in the middle, that would have been complete BS.
That grunting at 1:41 :D
Nothing against Rami Malek. I am sure he is a fine actor and person but Cohen's Freddie Murcury is the film I, and others, wished we would have gotten.
I understand both sides of what's going on. Freddie lived a crazy life and ultimately died because of it, very tragic.
On the other side, Brian, Roger and John all felt like they had a need to protect and cover for Freddie to respect his privacy.
He didnt want anyone knowing about him being sick so I think what Brian and Roger are concerned about, is exactly what Cohen wants to show in the movie.
Even Mary Austin, who I believe is the only person on earth, protected him after his death by never revealing where his remains are.
How does the location of his remains, matter in any way? The band members wanted to shelter his image, meaning they didn't respect Freddie's tastes and his likes. So they weren't true friends. If they were they should've stood by him like the family of Andrew Beckett.
I remember back in the day I wanted him to play this role. He would’ve won an Oscar, guaranteed. Rami was great but Sacha would’ve been on a whole other level
Brian May should go on Stern and explain himself.
But then he'll have to begin from the middle. Lol
Cohen is right, why would you have the main character die in the middle of the movie? Without Mercury there is no Queen, he's one of the greatest singers of all time very few fans care about what happened to the band after his passing.
I completely agree. Cohen would've been perfect for the role and a real crowd puller. The film subsequently sounds dull as dishwater and will almost certainly bomb.
shows you what tosser cohen knows the film is about , its starts at the formation of the band and ends with the concert at Wembley for live aid, and I believe Freddie was alive and well and knocking it out of the park, so cohen just wanted to make a film of the gruesome side as hes talentless plank,,bet hes so jealous now...
And without Brian May there was no Queen. Do people like you even listen to music?
I agree....although a film about what happened to the band after his passing might also be very interesting....just make the "Queen" film after the "Freddie Mercury" biopic. I saw Bohemian Rhapsody and it was boring tbh. All of the actors were great, but it did feel like they were protecting something that didn't need protecting. Just show everything....the good, the bad, and the absolutely horrific. Freddie Mercury is synonymous with sex, drugs and rock and roll but this latest film was the disney version of "sex, drugs and rock n roll".
and thats the lie he invented to get people to think like you were thinking in your comment. Now that the movie is out, we can see how much of a jerk Sasha was.
This is the version that Freddie and we deserved.
I really hope they give Sacha Baron another shot at the role one day. He would be perfect for it.
Oh Oh, I've got an idea! A John Lennon movie where the second half is about Yoko Ono carrying on through strength and her singing. Lots and lots of her singing!
I hope he gets this made one day, sounds really interesting
I really wanted to see the the unseen & unknown parts of freddie rather than another documentary. If they just put what’s already there on the internet then that would be disappointing.
Sacha and Howard look like Freddie and Brian lmao
Man they are gonna do like 10,000 of these music biopics now.
Chris D - So true 😭
Walk Hard was the best of them all
NOW?? They've done them for decades.
Unpopular opinion:
Cohen would’ve been a better Freddie than rami
No.
This is the popular opinion
Visual yes... but performace... i dont know
That's why it's unpopular.
It is so odd hearing his natural accent...
A shame the movie isn't happening with him, I think he'd have really brought something to the role.
Did you see the movie?
Rami gave us a beautiful PG13 tribute please SBC, we want to see your version.
Sacha would have been a great Freddie. It's such a shame.
Aashish Khakha he’s not a serious actor
Just relized as many said, when you look deep into cohens face he is like Freddie
Having seen the new movie, I'm glad someone stopped Queen from doing a biopic where Freddie dies at the middle. And I'm also glad SBC wasn't Freddie, because he's indeed kind of mean. Freddie was not. Rami did a great job and the movie was a beautiful tribute, very respectful and kind.
totally agree. SBC is about himself, he will do a total mimic of Freddie brilliantly but more like a joke...
@Monn Aguilar: Huh? The movie absolutely makes Freddie look mean. There are scenes in the movie where he is shown being extremely cruel towards the rest of the band.
who are you to say how he would interpret the character. and you're kinda deluded if you think freddy was some kind of angel, they made it clear in the current movie that he could be a huge drunken asshole. SBC is also an asshole, and he's also a good person, and he's also highly animated and artistically on the edge. and he's british. and he looks even more like freddy than the guy they chose, and his ethnicity looks more similar. seems like they missed a great chance. i agree though that making it a biopic would be a bad idea, i think ending it on LIVE AID was perfect - but i think it may have been even better with SBC
@@Swoost i agree with you so much. I think he could've been an amazing Freddie. People only see Borat or Bruno and forget that SBC is an actor with also serious roles and a good singer.
Who cares if SBC is mean or kind in his real life? He's an actor he wasn't playing himself... I understand why they chose the Live Aid but i don't agree... They had 2 very important concerts to choose from: live Aid (considered the best by many, got Queen back on the map to the USA, made Queen known to a larger portion of people) and Wembley 86 (last live performance of Queen, sold out, made the whole band proud). If they wanted to make the ending with a concert i understand Live Aid but at least be honest and don't make it look like a reunion when they were on tour and had performed together 3 nights before, don't make Freddie tell the band he had aids in 1985 when he didn't even know until 1987.
Monn Aguilar the movie also
Glossed over a lot of things, Freddie didn’t leave them to do solo work, they all had side projects but portrayed to look like he abandoned them. There are a lot of things in the movie that happened out of sync, this movie is not a biopic, and the stnical side of me thinks they wanted the movie made so they could continue to make money off Freddie. In the Uk his work has been sold as fuk in jingles to sell toilet cleaner and vacuums!! They were nothing without him and are nothing without him.
Yes. After watching this interview I am 300% sure Sacha would have been absolutely perfect for this role. You know what? -- I even notice a lot of parallels in the way he speaks and behaves at interview with how Freddie used to speak and behave. I think Freddie - if he was alive - would have answered these questions in the same way as Sacha does now! Again, very sorry he will not play Freddie.
Anyone who knows Sasha Baron Cohen's work will know he likes to push the boundaries. Doing a family friendly Queen biopic is not what he's about, plain and simple
So by plain and simple, you appear to mean that in Freddie’s own movie, he shouldn’t be portrayed as an artist, but a coke snorting slag, which was, compared to everything that Freddie ever did, and the way he influenced music, and last but definitely not least his personality, a completely insignificant detail which shouldn’t be blown way out of proportion.
yeah and IMHO Queen biopic shouldn't be family friendly ;)
Freddie wasn't family friendly. If they want to do a family friendly film they should have chosen a different musician like Cliff Richard.
There is nothing 'family friendly' about a film which portrays Freddie as small, slow, selfish. There were so many distortions and lies in the film but making Freddie 'small' was the most insulting lie of all.
These guys are deluded. It's like making a movie about Pele and then ending his football career in the middle of the movie and then just showing what boring things he did the rest of the time. He doesn't even have a job.
+Jurij Fedorov I would actually love to see it. It would be interesting seeing him doing normal stuff like going to grocery, pay his bills, clean his car...
do you believe what this comedian is saying? that isn't what Brian and Roger said, and anyways they were there, not the comedian
Jurij Fedorov ...making Escape to Victory!
We might see the advert for Viagra, though.
Don't forget taxes and colonoscopies.
"Hollywoodland" is the only film that I know of where the main character dies in the middle of the movie, but I'm sure that there's many, many others.
The climax of the film was where Brian May met that Eastenders actress and it was like Gone with the Wind but set in Essex.
It's a shame I really wanted to see the movie 👎🏻
me too, i also want to see you in a movie, if you know what i mean!
its out in November 2018 with Rami Malek , playing Freddie , far better than Cohen ever could, so good its uncanny
Derp...... duh
Did you see it?
QUEEN- FREDDIE MERCURY . NO HIM. NO 'QUEEN'
I saw the movie and enjoyed it very much . I don't think Rami had freddie"s physicality and would be curious to see Sacha perform as freddie .
They should do a flat out Freddie Mercury biopic maybe include parts of queen that are critical to Mercury’s story and life but more focus on his private life from his rise in queen to his downfall with aids and Sacha baron cohen would hit that role right on the head.
of course they made a water-downed version, we're living in the ultimate water-downed culture
The way they handled Bohemian Rhapsody was fine and didnt need to get into the crazy lifestyle of Mercury, it still showed clips of him having that extravagant crazy lifestyle without the raunchyness.. Cohens version would have been too focused on the crazy parties, gayness and drug aspect of Mercury's life instead of showing more of him in the studio making his music with the band etc. That being said , I wouldn't mind seeing a version about Freddy's crazy lifestyle because he is an interesting person.
"Member of the band, i won't say who.."Brian May" lol My exactly thoughts :D I like Brian, but he really has a pity side too.
And in the end we are all gone in a moment, it's a dream, and we are all in it. It's very real in the moment but dissapates like camphor. Life is only 4 days long, but no one ever thinks they are going to die.
The fact queen didn't go from strength to stronger when Freddie died needed Brian May very subtly reminding or maybe yet to come
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