Odd casting choice of the day

[tazber]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 6:25am

Daniel Radcliffe = Freddie Mercury

I love Daniel Radcliffe and I would love for him to nail this role but I confess it's hard to imagine him as Mercury.


Hogwartian Rhapsody

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 11:13am

I've been thinking about this and it just might work. Freddie was a little man who could fill a lot of space. I think it always works better to have an unknown in a biopic of a very famous person but I think in this case the public doesn't know much of the off-stage Freddie (especially in the US). You know Daniel won't shy away from the gay content.

[romantico]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 11:22am

It's unfortunate Sascha Baron Cohen dropped out of this. He would have been perfect.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 11:31am

Mmmm, I was never crazy about SBC- he is a flashy man, always pulling focus at every moment- the antithesis of Freddie. Freddie was quiet and almost shy until he "came alive" as a performer. I think Radcliffe will show that.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 12:09pm

Joe, I've never thought of SBC as a flashy individual. His characters are absolutely over-the-top (not unlike Freddy's stage persona) but as an individual he keeps to himself and is fiercely protective of his privacy. He sounds like he would have been an ideal choice for the Freddy you describe, and I had been excited at the prospect of him playing the role. Not to mention, his apparent reason for leaving the project (that he wanted it to be an R-rated film and the band wanted it to be PG-13) is certainly an honorable one.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 1:46pm

It'll probably end up being R rated anyway. Daniel will want to take his clothes off.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 3:55pm

I guess I mean I've never seen SBC underplay a scene- or even play a quiet scene.

And I do indeed like him in just about everything he's played.

[Luscious]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 4:27pm

If they're going for a PG-13, count me out. It'll be a sanitized, whitewashed version of Mercury's life. And as much as I admire Radcliffe...dear God, no!

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/24/13 at 4:41pm

i can easily see SBC as Freddie, but not Radcliffe at all.

[tazber]

Posted: 9/25/13 at 9:41am

D-Rad isn't going to be F-Merc after all.
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[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/25/13 at 9:45am

Damn it! I was so looking forward to the scene where Freddie had sex with my college roommate in the back of his limousine.