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Interesting take.

I read that Sasha Baron Cohen wanted to do it ONLY if he could portray Mercury with warts and all.

Queen refused, and wanted it be be more about the band.

Apparently the "sanitized" version carried the day.

Not to diss the actor who played him, but Cohen would have made it much more interesting.

And accurate.

But I wager it would have never received a Golden Globe, or Oscar nomination on that basis.

It would make too many people uncomfortable.

[yldstrk]

I can’t abide that Sasha Cohen person

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Not to diss the actor who played him, but Cohen would have made it much more interesting.

And accurate.

Baron Cohen would have worked every wild rumor into the movie and made the movie more about himself than the character he was playing.

Just my opinion, but the last thing the world needs is another Sacha Baron Cohen film.