Years ago, when the film was first entering development, Sacha Baron Cohen was attached to star as the lead singer, but recently Queen drummer Roger Taylor explained why Cohen left the project.
Taylor says the actor, known primarily for comedy, didn’t take the film, or the role, seriously.
Rami Malek plays Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the new film Bohemian Rhapsody but the role was originally going to go to somebody else.