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Dec 10, 2013 · James Bond actor Ben Whishaw is to play Freddie Mercury in a new film about rock band Queen. The star is best known for playing Q in Bond film Skyfall and newshound Freddie Lyon in BBC drama The ...
Dec 10, 2013 · Queen have got their man. Two months after Roger Taylor announced that Ben Whishaw was the band's preferred choice to take the lead role in the long-planned Freddie Mercury biopic, Whishaw's ...
Dec 10, 2013 · Ben Whishaw has been confirmed to play Freddie Mercury in a biopic about the Queen frontman (Getty Images) Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse ...
Dec 10, 2013 · With Sacha Baron Cohen having dropped out earlier this year, the role of Freddie Mercury in his forthcoming biopic is no longer up for grabs, with Ben Whishaw confirmed to take the role. Whishaw ...
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Dec 10, 2013 · Dexter Fletcher ('Sunshine on Leith') is set to direct the biopic. It's a role that Dominic Cooper was recently rumored to be in talks for, but now the part of Freddie has officially been taken. Deadline reports that Ben Whishaw ( Skyfall) will play the singer, and Dexter Fletcher ( Wild Bill) will direct the biopic, which is set to begin ...
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Dec 10, 2013 · Ben Whishaw Confirmed to Play Freddie Mercury in Queen Frontman Biopic; Dexter Fletcher to Direct By Brendan Bettinger Published Dec 10, 2013
It appears that The Hollow Crown star Ben Whishaw may be about to play a different sort of royalty – the rock music kind. Rumor has it that Whishaw, who recently starred as Q in Bond film Skyfall, among other assorted and varied roles, is the frontrunner to play legendary Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in a biopic about his often tumultuous, and ultimately tragic, life.
