Freddie Mercury Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody

[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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The biopic about Queen singer Freddie Mercury, which has been in development for years and has had several directors attached at one point and originally had Sacha Baron Cohen attached to play Freddie Mercury, may finally be moving forward at last with Bryan Singer directing and Rami Malek starring as Freddie Mercury. http://deadline.com/2016/11/queen-movie-rami-malek-freddie-mercury-bryan-singer-bohemian-rhapsody-1201848910/#comment-list-wrapper

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[GusCruzParticipant Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 54 Posts: 13391 View Predictions]

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Baron Cohen would’ve been far more interesting.

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[SomeonelikemeParticipant Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 11 Posts: 1024 View Predictions]

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FINALLY! But Rami, though?!

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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I admit, having never seen him sing, I’m skeptical myself, but who knows, maybe he could genuinely surprise us.

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[M: The OriginalParticipant Joined: Aug 5th, 2014 Topics: 40 Posts: 5106 View Predictions]

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GusCruz wrote:

Baron Cohen would’ve been far more interesting.

Queen didn’t want that version. This will be watered down censored and family friendly PG-13 for broad commercial appeal despite the fact the audience for a biopic on Mercury is niche.

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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Finally, we have some more news about this film! The film has officially been titled Bohemian Rhapsody and will be released on December 25, 2018. Bryan Singer is still attached as director and Rami Malek is still playing Freddie Mercury. The rest of the Queen band members have been cast. Joe Mazzello will play bassist John Deacon, Ben Hardy will play drummer Roger Taylor, and Gwilym Lee will play guitarist Brian May. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bryan-singers-bohemian-rhapsody-casts-queen-bandmates-1028454

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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Allen Leech has been cast as Freddie Mercury’s personal manager Paul Prenter. http://deadline.com/2017/08/allen-leech-queen-movie-bohemian-rhapsody-paul-prenter-freddie-mercury-1202158400/

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[PulpParticipant Joined: Feb 13th, 2017 Topics: 22 Posts: 8459 View Predictions]

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I’m very skeptical about this movie. I really wish we weren’t getting a watered down pg-13 version but maybe it’ll still be decent, I generally like Singer. I’m not sure how Malek would be in this role but he’s a good actor so I’ll give him a chance.

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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I don’t think filming has even begun yet, so it’s too early to say it’s a watered down PG-13 version.

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Awardsfan1990 wrote:

I don’t think filming has even begun yet, so it’s too early to say it’s a watered down PG-13 version.

Isn’t that what was requested and why Sascha Baron Cohen isn’t doing it because he wanted an R rated version?

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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I’m not sure.

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[forwardswillParticipant Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 16 Posts: 2534 View Predictions]

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Rami Malek is so miscast it is unbelievable. Baron Cohen would have been perfect.

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[Awardsfan1990Participant Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 157 Posts: 4355 View Predictions]

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Entertainment Weekly has released the first official photo of Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/05/rami-malek-freddie-mercury-bohemian-rhapsody/

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[BenitoDeliciasParticipant Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 8 Posts: 4596 View Predictions]

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He looks perfect…

…because you can’t really see his face and the moustache helps. He’s also very thin so it makes sense.

But Malek looks nothing like him and there’s no makeup team in the world that can turn Malek into the hairy man Mercury was.

I don’t understand this casting. This movie will have to be insanely good for people to accept Malek. And with Singer at the helm, I have zero hopes of this being that great.

Sometimes you can let things go, like Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs or Jessica Lange looking nothing like Joan Crawford, but in this particular case, you need a Freddie Mercury look a like. There were way too many physical things you remember about him.

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[jacob121Participant Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 30 Posts: 1471 View Predictions]

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I can’t believe that people are bemoaning the casting of Malek, one of his generation’s best and most interesting actors, over Baron Cohen, a buffoon known for gross-out comedy and crass, trashy movies.

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