“Mr. Robot” Star Rami Malek Cast as Freddie Mercury in Queen Biopic
By Sheldon Pearce.
Rami Malek, who won an Emmy this year for his performance as Elliot in the USA hacker drama “Mr. Robot,” will play Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, The Guardian reports. Sacha Baron Cohen had previously been cast in the role, before he abandoned the project, citing creative differences with the band. Queen’s Brian May disputed Cohen’s telling of events, saying, “Why would he go away and say that we didn’t want to make a gritty film? Are we the kind of people who have ever ducked from the truth? I don’t think so.” May and bandmate Roger Taylor are music producers on the biopic, which has been in production for almost a decade. The Bryan Singer-directed film is set to begin filming early next year.
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