The first photograph of Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury has been released.
Back in early July, the band confirmed via their official website Queenonline.com, that a film project about Mercury & the band entitled 'Bohemian Rhapsody' would go ahead as well as revealing that Malek would play the eccentric frontman:
Yes folks, it IS finally happening.
Award winning director Bryan Singer is the man who will be bringing the Queen and Freddie story alive.
Rami Malek has signed up to take on the challenging role of Freddie Mercury.
Malek is known for his work on the Emmy award-winning television series Mr. Robot. Here is the first picture of Malek as Mercury:
The biopic recently cast Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello and Gwilym Lee as Queen's other members. Guitarist Brian May posted a photo of the full line-up to his Instagram account on Wednesday morning.
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Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen was pencilled in to play the flamboyant frontman until disagreements with the band over how the story of Queen would be portrayed. Speaking on The Howard Stern Show, Cohen said:
There are amazing stories about Freddie Mercury. The guy was wild. I mean he was living an extreme lifestyle. There are stories of… little people with plates with cocaine on their heads walking around a party.
A member of the band, I won't say who, he said, 'This is such a great movie because it's got such an amazing thing that happens in the middle of the movie.'
I go, 'What happens in the middle of the movie?' He goes, 'Freddie dies.'
This was when Cohen realised that the unnamed band member wanted the story to be about the continued success of Queen after Mercury's death and duly bowed out.
