“There was a lot of talk about different people playing Freddie Mercury and no one was actually signed to play Freddie Mercury, no one was attached to play Freddie Mercury until Rami Malek,” King said according to Variety.
But one of the film’s producers says no one was ever actually attached to the movie apart from Rami Malek.
Singer, according to King, wanted to be able to focus his undivided attention on the biopic and considered going on hiatus.
Back when Bohemian Rhapsody was still in its infancy, rumours swirled as to who would play Queen frontman Freddie Mercury – including Sacha Baron Cohen who was first linked in 2010.