Rami Malek, the star of Mr Robot, is the latest actor who has signed on to play Freddie Mercury in the troubled biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bohemian Rhapsody has been in production for eight years, with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor on board as music producers.
The actor – who won an Emmy for his performance as neurotic hacker Elliot Alderson in Mr Robot – will play the Queen frontman, with X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer in talks to direct.
“And I go: ‘What happens in the middle of the movie?’ He goes: ‘You know, Freddie dies.’