She looks like Freddie

Musicians Queen said they considered British actor Ben Whishaw best candidate for the role of Freddie Mercury in a film about the last years of the singer. This writes the Digital Spy citing an interview drummer Roger Taylor gave a television program The One Show.
Initially, a candidate for the role of Mercury was Sacha Baron Cohen. However, in July 2013th it became known that the actor dropped out of the project. It was reported that he was having creative differences with members of Queen, who is the producer of the film (another producer of the project - Robert De Niro). In particular, Cohen allegedly wanted to make a picture of a more rigid deserving rated R (this means that viewers under 17 were admitted to the sessions would be accompanied by an adult). In turn, Brian May and Roger Taylor would have preferred that the film has been rated PG (such pictures is recommended to watch the children in the presence of their parents).
In September, the Queen voiced their own point of view regarding the care of Sacha Baron Cohen. According to the musicians, they do not would like to see a picture of Mercury became a joke - in their design, the film has to touch the audience. Cohen, known to viewers primarily for his roles in comedies.

Later in the press began to appear that Mercury could play Dominic Cooper ("Mamma MIA!», «The Duchess," "The Devil's Double", "7 days and nights with Marilyn"). In addition, as another potential candidate for the role of Queen frontman Daniel Radcliffe mentioned, widely known thanks to the Harry Potter films. However, the Radcliffe denied this information.

Ben Whishaw previously starred in the film "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer", "Brideshead Revisited," "007: Coordinates" Skayfoll "" and "Cloud Atlas". A formal proposal to play the leader of Queen actor, apparently, has not yet received.