"Borat" To Play Freddie
Surprise choice to play Queen frontman in new film
Sacha Baren Cohen – aka Ali G, Borat and Bruno – will play Freddie Mercury in a new biopic of the Queen frontman.
The BBC reports that Cohen has signed up to play the legendary frontman in a new film that explores the build up to Queen’s Live Aid performance, which transformed the band into one of the biggest in the world.
Brian May revealed the news in an interview and says that Cohen will star in the Peter Morgan written film. Cohen, says May, "has been involved from the start”.
No word on when the film will be released, but it’s due to start filming early in 2011.