**Fri 04 May 07**
SACHA BARON COHEN WON'T PLAY FREDDIE IN BIOPIC
Relax now.... MTV News (4 May 07) confirms there is no substance in the rumour that "Borat" star will play Freddie Mercury in a Queen musical biopic.
"Absolutely untrue," the actor's publicist told MTV News. "Pure hokum."
An unidentified source had told the Daily Mirror "Filmmakers are working flat out to get the best possible script. Sacha loves the idea he can get away with playing Freddie after modeling Borat's look on him".
Baron Cohen rose to fame as the racy (and racist) faux reporter Borat in last year's surprise comedy hit "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The flick won Baron Cohen a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical.
The rumor might have surfaced because the actor can actually sing well. His next project is Tim Burton's musical "Sweeney Todd," alongside Johnny Depp. Coincidentally enough, it is Depp who has long been considered the leading candidate to play Mercury in a film adaptation of the late singer's life.
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