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Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie Mercury Biopic)

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  • #62
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,955 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Sleepy wrote: »
    It really does seem like they're going to waste the opportunity to do something interesting with this in favour of going with a sanitised puff piece doesn't it?
    Well, Cohen says he left the project after clashing with one of the members of Queen over the film's direction:
    A member of the band – I won’t say who – said: ‘You know, this is such a great movie because it’s got such an amazing thing that happens in the middle.’
    And I go: ‘What happens in the middle of the movie?’ He goes: ‘You know, Freddie dies.’ ... I go: ‘What happens in the second half of the movie?’ He goes: ‘We see how the band carries on from strength to strength.’
    I said: ‘Listen, not one person is going to see a movie where the lead character dies from Aids and then you see how the band carries on.’

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #63
    Ben Gadot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭Ben Gadot


    Sacha Baron Cohen gave some interesting insights into his disagreements with the band on Howard Stern's show.

    Apparently they wanted Freddie to die halfway through the film and for the remaining time to focus on how the band rises through the adversity of losing their singer. Christ.


  • #64
    john the one
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭john the one


    I know this is an old thread but its a subject i have given thought to, I believe Eric Bana should be cast as Freddie. I think he would even be better than Baron Cohen.


  • #65
    Myrddin
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    Ben Gadot wrote: »
    Sacha Baron Cohen gave some interesting insights into his disagreements with the band on Howard Stern's show.

    Apparently they wanted Freddie to die halfway through the film and for the remaining time to focus on how the band rises through the adversity of losing their singer. Christ.

    Sounds more fitting of a movie about Queen, not so much Freddie though. Can't say I blame Cohen if that indeed is true.


  • #66
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,828 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    losthorizon wrote: »
    If its going to be a safe movie then it should not be done. Brian May tried to warn Mercury about his sexual lifestyle at one point as he had read about Aids and Freddie penned this response

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM

    Not true as this song was written in 1979 and AIDS was first discovered in America in 1981.


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  • #67
    Wedwood
    Registered Users Posts: 626 ✭✭✭Wedwood


    I adore Queen, but it ended when Freddie died.

    Queen lasted about 20 years as a band, so making a movie where half of it is about what happened afterwards is daft and not what the fans want to see.

    I'm afraid Cohen is right on this one.


  • #68
    DrumSteve
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    Had to be Roger Taylor who said that.

    You cannot have a sanitized film about Freddie Mercury.


  • #69
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    It's sad. It would make for one epic movie in the right hands.

    Agree about Roger. He's mega protective about Freddie which is understandable but come on... The cabaret they've done the last 20 years ain't doing much for his legacy.


  • #70
    Walter H Price
    Registered Users Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Walter H Price


    This would be incredible , made my Tuesday :D:D


  • #71
    homerun_homer
    Registered Users Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭homerun_homer


    I don't understand why Cohen still didn't do it, every other movie he's been the star of has been a heap of sh!te.


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  • #72
    Ben Gadot
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    homerun_homer wrote: »
    I don't understand why Cohen still didn't do it, every other movie he's been the star of has been a heap of sh!te.

    Cohen never struck me as desperate and he seems smart enough. Like if he wanted he could be the British Sandler and make hay while making **** every year.

    So I'd say he knew, under the right conditions, playing Freddy Mercury could be nearly oscar worthy. But under the wrong conditions, it would do more harm than good to his career and duly walked away. Just look at Kutcher playing Steve Jobs as an illustration.


  • #73
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,803 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Bryan Singer to direct Mr. Robot actor Rami Malek the latest rumour
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #74
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    He could work as an earlier Freddie but not as a Wembley Mercury.

    Not a big Queen fan but by god that concert was a master class in how to do it. He had the audience eating out of the palm of his hand. A genuine showman and a fantastic singer. Never seen any interviews with him but just an instantly likeable character. Amazing charisma.

    Re the Cohen thing, Looks wise it would be a match. That doesn't translate to a good movie though. Dunno would he have the chops for it.


  • #75
    Ben Gadot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭Ben Gadot


    Cohen would have been a revelation, sad they couldn't work it out. Freddy's story is one of the last that shoukd be sterilised.


  • #76
    Heckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,322 ✭✭✭Heckler


    Agree with a story that should be told warts and all. As regards Cohen I wouldn't say he WOULD have been a revelation. He might have been but similar looking doesn't necessarily translate into a performance.

    I'd rather see Freddie played convincley by someone whos not the image of him than someone who looks like him poorly.


  • #77
    Sad Professor
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    I don't think Malek or Singer are right for this. Based on what I've seen him in, Malek doesn't have the charisma. And Singer seems washed up these days.

    Cohen would have been awesome.


  • #78
    john the one
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭john the one


    Bryan Singer??? That's a strange one.

    Why?

    I have said it before and I'll say it again, Eric Bana would be great as Fred.


  • #79
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    Sad Professor wrote: »

    Cohen would have been awesome.


    Whenever it comes out it could be a disaster. Given what happened with Cohen and Brian/Roger it sounds like a big chunk of it will be about them overcoming the loss. Plus when you think of the shíte they've done in recent years it doesn't bode well.


  • #80
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    wonder who'll play his irish boyfriend??


  • #81
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    anyone catch the docu-drama on channel 5 the other night?

    is that the biopic that was rumoured?


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  • #82
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    fryup wrote: »
    anyone catch the docu-drama on channel 5 the other night?

    is that the biopic that was rumoured?


    Wait what? :eek:


  • #83
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    It got panned.


    If production values are anything to go by then, well......... :p


    freddie-mercury-doc-ch5-3.jpg?w=620&h=413&crop=1


  • #84
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭Conall Cernach


    I thought the docudrama thing wasn't bad. The fella playing Freddie was pretty good despite the dodgy tash. The Brian May wig was laughable though.


  • #85
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    I caught the end of it and whatever faults in it were...how shall I say...it was just so damn upsetting the way he spent his final weeks/days that the story just grips you regardless of any production issues.

    I thought the guy playing Freddie was quite good actually.


  • #86
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 84,803 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    EastEnders and X-Men Apocalypse actor Ben Hardy to play Roger Taylor

    http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/822765/Queen-Freddie-Mercury-movie-Roger-Taylor-EastEnders-X-Men-Ben-Hardy-Rami-Malek
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #87
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,710 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Here's that channel 5 doc

    https://youtu.be/ssgapPLhWbY


  • #88
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    EastEnders and X-Men Apocalypse actor Ben Hardy to play Roger Taylor

    http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/822765/Queen-Freddie-Mercury-movie-Roger-Taylor-EastEnders-X-Men-Ben-Hardy-Rami-Malek


    It's just going from bad to worse. :( He's shocking.


  • #89
    Ben Gadot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭Ben Gadot


    By the numbers casting and very much a vanity one. You can tell just how much May and co have their finger on the pulse on this one.


  • #90
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,710 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Imo Sasha Baron Cohen would of been good in the role as Freddie. He's looks like him and can sing too


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  • #91
    Ben Gadot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭Ben Gadot


    Rami Malek is meant to have talent vocally also but yeah Cohen would have been best for a no holds barred biopic on Mercury.


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