![]() ![]() The problem was, Cohen’s unconventionality came with a price: if he was going to tell Freddie’s story, he was going to tell it the way he wanted to tell it – as a “gritty R-rated tell-all” about the late singer’s life. Honestly – who better to play the most unconventional rock and roll frontman of all time than an actor known for being unconventional? Cohen Vs. So when Cohen announced his interest in playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury back in 2010, even people who didn’t particularly like his brand of humor couldn’t deny that he could potentially bring something raw, real, and lifelike to the table. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 23: Actor Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the premiere of Disney’s ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’ at the El Capitan Theatre on in Hollywood, California. ![]() Sure, it can be argued that Sacha Baron Cohen leans on his characters to move about the world as discreetly as possible and get to the marrow of who people are in hilarious (and often humiliating) ways – but it can also be argued that his acting education, paired with his keen observational and improvisational skills, helped get him here. He attended the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club during his time at the University of Cambridge, performing in plays such as Fiddler on the Roof and Cyrano de Bergerac he cut his teeth in Jewish theatre, acting in productions featuring the Socialist-Zionist youth movement Habonim Dror. Let it be known that Cohen boasts an impressive acting education. (Photo by Ian West – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images) and A, and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan at the Borders Bookstore in Westwood Village, Los Angeles. Borat signs copies of his new books Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. First with comic character Ali G in 1998 before rising to international fame as Borat Sagdiyev, a Kazakh journalist whose zero regard for social taboos and mores resulted in one of the hottest films of 2006 with Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – or, as it’s more popularly known, Borat. Man Of A Million FacesĪt 47, Sacha Baron Cohen has made his bones as a man of a million characters a la Peter Sellers. And yet still, he was – and is – the best choice to tell Freddie Mercury’s story.
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