Brian May brands Sacha Baron Cohen an "a**e" in row over Freddie Mercury biopic - Mirror Online
Brian May brands Sacha Baron Cohen an "a**e" in row over Freddie Mercury biopic
19:02, 10 APR 2016
Brian May has lashed out at Sacha Baron Cohen
Queen guitarist Brian May has branded actor Sacha Baron Cohen "an a**e".
Actor Sacha had been lined up to play Freddie Mercury in a long-awaited biopic but quit the project following 'creative differences' .
Now the Queen guitarist has hit out, saying: "Sacha became an a**e.
"We had some nice times with Sacha kicking around ideas but he went off and told untruths about what happened."
Sacha Baron Cohen (Image: Getty)
The Ali G and Borat star claimed he left the movie because the surviving members of the group wanted to tell the tale of how the band went from "strength to strength" following the death of the iconic singer in 1991.
May added: "Why would he go away and say that we didn't want to make a gritty film? Are we the kind of people who have ever ducked from the truth? I don't think so."
Freddie Mercury (Image: PA)
Sacha Baron Cohen had been lined up to play Freddie
He said: "They asked me to write the movie, but I said, 'I don't know how to write a biopic'. So I got in Peter Morgan ('The Queen'), [but] they didn't like that.
Brian May brands Sacha Baron Cohen an "a**e" in row over Freddie Mercury biopic - Mirror Online
Brian May brands Sacha Baron Cohen an "a**e" in row over Freddie Mercury biopic
19:02, 10 APR 2016
Brian May has lashed out at Sacha Baron Cohen
Queen guitarist Brian May has branded actor Sacha Baron Cohen "an a**e".
Actor Sacha had been lined up to play Freddie Mercury in a long-awaited biopic but quit the project following 'creative differences' .
Now the Queen guitarist has hit out, saying: "Sacha became an a**e.
"We had some nice times with Sacha kicking around ideas but he went off and told untruths about what happened."
Sacha Baron Co
hen (Image: Getty)
The Ali G and Borat star claimed he left the movie because the surviving members of the group wanted to tell the tale of how the band went from "strength to strength" following the death of the iconic singer in 1991.
May added: "Why would he go away and say that we didn't want to make a gritty film? Are we the kind of people who have ever ducked from the truth? I don't think so."
Freddie Mercury (Image: PA)
Sacha Baron Cohen had been lined up to play Freddie
He said: "They asked me to write the movie, but I said, 'I don't know how to write a biopic'. So I got in Peter Morgan ('The Queen'), [but] they didn't like that.