Sacha Baron Cohen Mercury

Sacha Baron Cohen Mercury. Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly “didn’t take Freddie seriously enough” Sacha Baron Cohen was set to play Freddie Mercury when the film was announced in 2010 but pulled out of the project in 2013.

One of the big “what ifs” in recent movie history is when Sacha Baron Cohen almost played Freddie Mercury in the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody The actor was attached to the project from 2010 but pulled out three years later claiming that Roger Taylor and Brian May “wanted to protect their legacy as a band” rather than make a proper biopic about Mercury’s life.

Queen's Roger Taylor on why Sacha Baron Cohen was dropped

Sacha Baron Cohen Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury is a famous British American singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist of a famous 1970s rock band called Queen Sacha was the first one chosen to play Freddy’s role in his biopic film called Bohemian Rhgaosdy because he is Freddie Mercury’s look alike Bruno Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sacha Baron Cohen Explains Disturbing Reason He Dropped

Sacha Baron Cohen I quit Freddie Mercury biopic after dispute with Queen Read more The Ali G and Borat actor claimed that Queenhad wanted to sugarcoat Mercury’s story prompting May to say that.

Sacha Baron Cohen's Bohemian Rhapsody was to be 'outrageous'

Baron Cohen’s Freddie Mercury film is now a part of history as one of the more intriguing movies never made Fincher revealed earlier this year that the photos of Baron Cohen as Mercury that he saw.