Sasha Baron Cohen To Play Freddie Mercury! People

Sacha Baron Cohen has been signed up to star in a movie about uber-showman rock star Freddie Mercury, GK Films just announced.

OMG! We IDOLIZE Queen, so we’re a bit nervous about this. And excited.

A director hasnt been chosen yet, and Production planned to begin next year. Supposedly, the climax will be the famous Live AID performance.

Wow.

The rock icons Queen (hail to them) were founded by Mercury in 1971. Freddie was raised in Zanzibar (African coast) and India until his family moved to England when he was a teenager. Queen formed in 1970. He named it. He died on November 24th, 1991 of AIDS.

Baron Cohen’s latest film is “Hugo Cabret” (Martin Scorsese! We guess the outlandish comedien is a serious actor!

You don’t know rock legend until you’ve seen Queen’s historical performance at LIVE AID (and see all parts on youtube.)

Watch a part of the legendary performance here:

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury, who would have turned 65 this September, influenced every stage drama Queen of today. And with the release of Queen’s 5 last albums this September, we’re compelled to put things in perspective.

When artists postulate on their harsh struggles (respect), recall the late and great singer-performer-songwriter Freddie Mercury, whose journey began when he was born a Parsi, Zorastrian in Zanzibar, Tanzania, moving to India then England as a teenager, and alas died of bronchopneumonia brought on by  AIDS 1991, one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease.

And in between became arguable the greatest rock singer, songwriter and performer of all time.

So pay tribute, kittens. Learn from the master and buy the the reissue of Queen’s final five albums with bonus material on September 5th, Freddie’s birthday.

The albums:

The Works

A Kind Of Magoc

The Miracle

Innuendo

Made In Heaven’

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