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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 · 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 · Published Dec 10, 2013. The Freddie Mercury biopic is going ahead, with Ben Whishaw (Skyfall) tapped to play the singer and Dexter Fletcher (Sunshine on Leith) directing. Ray Charles got one, John Lennon got one and pretty soon Elton John will be getting one too, so it might be argued that a biopic about rock legend Freddie Mercury is long overdue.
- Hannah Shaw-Williams
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 · Ben Whishaw Is Your New Freddie Mercury For the Queen Biopic. By Katey Rich. December 10, 2013. Save. Save. For a full three years everything was the way it was supposed to be. Sacha Baron Cohen ...
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.
Oct 21, 2013 · Ben Whishaw (“Skyfall”) is Queen’s top choice to play Freddie Mercury in a role once occupied by Sacha Baron Cohen. “We’re hoping for a guy with B.W. initials,” Queen drummer Roger ...
