I hope this is a bad joke
I hope this is a bad joke
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:35pmHe's actually perfect.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#4I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:39pmHe's physically perfect and let's face it, Queen and Freddie Mercury do NOT need to be treated as sacrosanct entities the need to be looked at with the utmost seriousness.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#5I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:41pmI agree with Namo. I think he's damn near perfect, as well. Excited about this!
#6I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:45pm
Physically? He's at least a foot taller isn't he?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#7I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:46pm
I'm glad this is back on. I think he'll be great. And no, he's not a foot taller.
Updated On: 4/1/15 at 03:46 PM
#8I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:50pm
I don't think 5 inches would make or break a role.
A date? Maybe.
#9I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:51pmGuess I started the wrong thread, shoulda been titled "Awesome News". I guess if DDL can be Lincoln, Sasha can be Freddie.
#10I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 3:54pmJust looked it up, only 5". Coulda sworn it was a foot.
#11I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 4:28pmI think he's a great choice too. I guess maybe you're confusing the man with some of the characters he plays. He's actually super-talented.
#12I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 4:31pmI don't think there could be a better choice for Freddie. Cohen is extremely talented.
#13I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 4:32pmSo, in summation, no, this is not a bad joke.
#14I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 5:06pmYeah, please delete this thread :)
#15I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 5:08pm
What would that achieve?
#16I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 5:23pmI'm glad this emerged from development hell.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#17I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 6:02pmPhilip Seymour Hoffman was just a wee bit taller than Truman Capote, yet through the magic of filmmaking his performance did not come off as a bad joke.
#18I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 6:11pm
I don't even see how a few inches makes any difference. (Know, lol)
there's only a five inch difference. I doubt if is will be noticeable at all.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#19I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 7:08pmWe got it schtraightened out.
#20I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 7:25pmHe might have to diet a bit to be Freddie. Sasha is thin, but not Freddie thin. Count me amongst those that think this is a perfect casting choice.
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#22I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 8:00pmJane, that picture is exactly what I was thinking. I thought Sasha kind of favors Freddie, so I thought perfect casting. I just wasn't in the mood tonight to write it and possibly get disagreed with. BTW, if and when I see this, the height of Sasha compared to Freddie would be the furthest thing from my mind.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#24I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 8:05pmI think once they do something with his teeth for the part, the resemblance will be uncanny.
#25I hope this is a bad joke
Posted: 3/28/15 at 8:18pm
I suppose it would be too much to ask for an actor of Indian descent to play Freddie, let alone a Parsi actor. I can't stand biopics that try to to compile every major event in a subject's life (see: Ray) rather than try to illuminate the personality of the subject. BUT, I do hope they don't totally whitewash his Parsi background.
Ethnicity aside, I agree with everyone else, I imagine Cohen will be smashing. Can't believe it's taken this long to make a biopic, frankly.
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