Since Sacha Baron Cohen dropped out of the planned biopic of Queen singer Freddie Mercury a couple of months ago, we’ve had seemingly erroneous reports that Daniel Radcliffe and Dominic Cooper are in contention for the role. However now comes a name which may be surprising to say but does seem to be legit, as it comes from Queen guitarist Roger Taylor.
While on the BBC’s The One Show, Taylor dropped the hint that the person they were hoping to get to play Mercury had the intitials ‘BW’. When asked if this meant Ben Whishaw, he simply said, “Well, we hope so.”
Whishaw is not a name many people have mentioned for the role, as while he shares Freddie’s sexuality, Ben seems a little quiet and contemplative for the larger than life Queen singer. However he’s a great actor, so perhaps Whishaw can pull it out of the bag and show us a side of himself we haven’t seen before.
It should be mentioned though, that it’s not known if Whishaw has even been approached, or whether he’s just top of Queen’s wish-list.
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