| re: NJC: Borat Drops Out Of The Freddie Mercury Film | |
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steven_stuart 03:58 am UTC 08/01/13 |
| In reply to: | re: NJC: Borat Drops Out Of The Freddie Mercury Film - Klasien 06:03 pm UTC 07/29/13 |
| In the We Will Rock You show, they couldn't figure a way to fit the most famous Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody into the story, so they end the show and then perform it. As you say, it's all about the music. Fans absolutely love it when Bohemian Rhapsody is finally performed. > Because it's about the music, rather than the man behind > it all. > The die-hard Queen/Mercury fans will probably see things > differently, but for the main public, that's what Queen is > about. Great songs. They kinda try to look past the weird > guy singing them, though... > > -K- > > > > The first script for the Queen musical We Will Rock You > > was a real story about Freddie and the band and Brian May > > and Roger Taylor rejected it and went instead for a not > > very good Ben Elton script which was very different. > > Although, the show has been at The Dominion for more than > > ten years. It bombed in Las Vegas. I'm not sure why. > > > > > yeah, and he would have been great as a more rancy > > > Mercury. > > > I mean, the guys are both creeps, right? > > > > > > That said... I'm not really that interested in a PG > > > version of Mercury anyway. The guy was weird & iconic and > > > it sounds like they intend not to do him justice. > > > > > > -K- > > > > > > > I'm glad you agreed with me about Johhny Depp. It's a > > > > shame that Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out because he is much > > > > more like Freddie and he has a fabulous singing voice > > > > which could have handled all the highly demanding Queen > > > > songs. > > > > > > > > > Yeah I read that... > > > > > > > > > > Johnny Depp... NOOOOOO > > > > > I love the guy... but not as Mercury! > > > > > > > > > > -K- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian May has artistic control over the new Freddie > > > > > > Mercury film and he wants a PG version of Freddie's life, > > > > > > so Sacha Baron Cohen has walked away. Its a shame because > > > > > > Cohen would have been just right. May told BBC News that > > > > > > he is hoping to replace him with Johnny Depp. Which won't > > > > > > work, in my opinion. Freddie was a fairly beefy chap and > > > > > > in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Depp was more like a > > > > > > Michael Jackson type of person. I love Depp but he is not > > > > > > right. > > > > > > > > > > > > Below is an article from The Guardian. Its interesting > > > > > > that they mention the Harvey Milk and Liberace films but > > > > > > not Brokeback Mountain. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Sacha Baron Cohen has quit a high-profile forthcoming > > > > > > biopic of Freddie Mercury after "creative differences" > > > > > > with the singer's band, Queen, reports Deadline. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Borat star apparently walked after his vision of a > > > > > > racy treatment depicting Mercury's famously salacious > > > > > > lifestyle was at odds with the more family-friendly > > > > > > approach desired by the singer's erstwhile bandmates. > > > > > > Cohen, who was due to play the flamboyant singer in a rare > > > > > > dramatic role, had brought in Peter Morgan, the > > > > > > Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Queen, to work on the > > > > > > script and lined up film-makers of the calibre of David > > > > > > Fincher or The King's Speech's Tom Hooper to potentially > > > > > > direct. > > > > > > > > > > > > The film – which is based on the life story of one of the > > > > > > most iconic singers of the 20th century, and with an > > > > > > awards season-friendly team in the background – had all > > > > > > the ingredients of a strong contender for Oscars glory. > > > > > > Gay themes have never been more popular with film-makers > > > > > > at a time when the campaign to recognise same-sex marriage > > > > > > is making progress in the western world. Sean Penn won the > > > > > > best actor prize in 2009 for his portrayal of the slain > > > > > > gay politician Harvey Milk, and Michael Douglas would have > > > > > > been a likely contender for next year's awards had Steven > > > > > > Soderbergh's Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra, not > > > > > > fallen foul of Oscars rules by screening on TV first in > > > > > > the US. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cohen also bears a strong resemblance to Mercury, who died > > > > > > of Aids-related illness in 1991, although at 6ft 3in, the > > > > > > British actor is a good six inches taller than the > > > > > > Zanzibar-born singer. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Mercury biopic will go ahead with another actor. Its > > > > > > producers include Graham King and Robert De Niro. | |
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