| MEDUSA-RULES 09.07.2012 06:17 |
Sacha Baron Cohen is said to star as Freddie Mercury in an upcoming Biopic on the Queen singers Life story. Can Sacha competently handle such a role? If one thinks of the great biopics of the past, they have featured ralatively unknown actors, granted, but who are known to be able to dramatically act to a high standard. For such a big role,that is essential , isnt it? but also such stars of such movies always have some special something that a director has seen in them that makes them suitable and perfect for the role of a famous person. This includes how they look, obviously, but a director isn't just looking at just any people in the street, and seeing resemblence, he is looking at people he knows have a competent dramatic acting ability. Surely this goes without saying? As far as i can tell, Sacha Baron Cohen has not once displayed any ability to convincingly act out a serious dramatic part. A good director knows that his options have to open and his instincts have to be at work when finding someone suitable for a role, this is especially so if the movie happens to be the life story of a real person, a biopic. In a biopic ,believability and accuracy and detail are surely more paramount than ever? All this can only be achieved with a seriously good actor,who has the potential to become great, with such an oppertunity, if the script is competent and does the life story justice, never mind one with a believable resemblance. And surely a thorough period of casting is called for, to make sure you have the right person. And, is that not, the only sane route? After all how much money is at stake? Who's reputations? who's memory? How much money is at stake on a hollywood movie? My observations appear quite sensible, to me at least. With this in mind i have endevoured to try and find a proven actor, who is competent enough , young enough, and can credibly look both like a young and older freddie mercury, in much the same was as Robert Downey Jnr , played charlie chaplin from the age of 18 to 90 something, i believe i have found an actor who can play Freddie Mercury from his late teens to 20's to early 30's ( the period needed if the movie is to cover the formative years through to the end of his live concert career, as has been said by the Producer, Graham King.) The name of the actor i have found is Jeremy Kapone. Jeremy is a half inch taller than the Real man, Yet will fit with the other cast members, all of whom's heights are almost exactly as the real Queen, and who look like them. The actors found for other parts are Jake Abel for Roger Taylor, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for the role of John Deacon. Sadly, i should think one of them could possibly not act though, however he stands as much chance as Sacha Baron Cohen in my opinion, as he to is a comic. Dominic Harris a ringer for Brian May, just shy of Sacha's height, but a good 6' 3 at least i should think. I have found 36 actors for various roles that should be included, if the story is truly going to be a thorough detailed true depiction of Freddie Mercury's life, as the word biopic suggests. But most crucially, i have Kapone for the lead. Again i ask, is there any evidence Sacha Baron Cohen can dramatically act to a suitable standard? The Freddie Mercury Biopic - Director Sir Richard Attenborough link Here is a very indepth and apt interview on how Sir Richard Attenborough made probably the greatest ever Biopic, and what the actor chosen to play him brought to the role. Likewise, in agreement with Sir Richard Attenborough's description of Robert Downey becoming Chaplin, I believe Jeremy Kapone can become Freddie Mercury,and I have no doubts about it. He can and will. So with this interview in mind, with all it's detail of how a great biopic is made, I expect no less of the Freddie Mercury Biopic, for the difficulties they faced with Chaplin are very similar to the ones with Freddie Mercury . But i believe i have found the right man who can make MERCURY as GREAT AS CHAPLIN. All that is needed now is for those with the power to simply use what i have found. I do hope i am not alone in my capacity to grasp that the portrayal of such a unique man as Freddie Mercury, who was a man of such contrasts and extremes, a very private man, with a very complicated personal life and journey, a man who like chaplin was a immigrant, who became a genious musical composer, created such a powerful and recognizable image, was of unequalled talent as both a singer and stage performer, I really do hope i am not alone in grasping that such a man needs a very special and talented actor, to truly become Mercury, an actor who is able to truly give a valid telling of his life story in a believable, moving , powerful and credible way, an actor who can truly reveal the fullness of the personality, both public and private. Freddie Mercury was himself an actor, and he really needs a true actor to play his part, was Freddie so succesful at hiding himself, that now people do not realise he was probably the greatest actor ever? This maybe a revelation to many, but isn't it obvious? Evereyone wants to know about the real Private man, but Freddie's whole thing was his act, nobody except very few saw that real man. Now i hope we all have an oppertunity to have an honest detailed and true look at the man. I believe Jeremy Kapone is just about the only one who could realisticly enable that. This very difficulty of the uniqueness of Freddie Mercury is the very reason people have unthinkingly jumped on the Sacha Baron Cohen mistake, but what a grave mistake indeed! It is as if we have been tricked! and the trick is this , Cohen has no chance of protraying the real Freddie, only an embarrasing comedy turn and parody of the stage Freddie, and that is the trick, but even that will look rediculous. Dont be fooled, we want to see the real man, both on stage and off. Here is a video showing Jeremy Kapone in contrast to Sacha Baron Cohen as Mercury. it also features Sacha's singing voice. link |
| Hangman_96 09.07.2012 06:20 |
Fuck you. |
| MEDUSA-RULES 09.07.2012 06:52 |
This very difficulty of the uniqueness of Freddie Mercury is the very reason people have unthinkingly jumped on the Sacha Baron Cohen mistake, but what a grave mistake indeed! It is as if we have been tricked! and the trick is this , Cohen has no chance of portraying the real Freddie, only an embarrasing comedy turn and parody of the stage Freddie, and that is the trick, but even that will look rediculous and uncredible. what an amazing oppertunity missed, how tragic it would be for cinema to miss out on capturing the epic granduer of such a powerful performer, who's stage performance and voice lifted the whole world. Dont be fooled, we want to see the real man, both on stage and off. |
| emrabt 09.07.2012 07:08 |
we need someone like Bob Hoskins becuase he is british and working class, like freddie dreamed of being. The movie will tell the story of how he worked his way up from "rag and bone man" singing "any old iron" on the street, to when he was found by Brian May and taught to use his voice for things other than collecting old metal and electronics from people’s gardens. a sample from the 176 i have chosen Cleavant Derricks as Jim Saint Mark (an amalgam of Jim Hutton, Peter Morgan, mike Moran, spike edney and London Philharmonic Orchestra) link Bob Hoskins as Freddie mercury link Frank Bruno as Mike Tyson link |
| MEDUSA-RULES 09.07.2012 07:14 |
emrabt wrote: we need someone like Bob Hoskins becuase he is british and working class, like freddie dreamed of being. The movie will tell the story of how he worked his way up from "rag and bone man" singing "any old iron" on the street, to when he was found by Brian May and taught to use his voice for things other than collecting old metal and electronics from people’s gardens. a sample from the 176 i have chosen Cleavant Derricks as Jim Saint Mark (an amalgam of Jim Hutton, Peter Morgan, mike Moran, spike edney and London Philharmonic Orchestra) link Bob Hoskins as Freddie mercury link Frank Bruno as Mike Tyson linkU FORGOT SACHA BARON COHEN |
| MEDUSA-RULES 09.07.2012 07:20 |
Dont you people realise i just want Freddie to be respected and given his damn credit,I dont want him and his life to be portrayed as one short joke. Dont you people have any respect for him? Sacha Baron Cohen is a ham, he can only do panto type roles. Was Freddie's stage perfomance acclaimed as it was merely the result of someone akin and equal to that of Cohen a panto actor ? was his private mind that of a panto character? why does everyone think he can be treated with such casual dismissal? and contempt, that his life is so callously dismissed and its depth worthy of such an actor who has no skill and no depth, he would be fitting to someone so shallow? Is it merely because you dont see him as a real person but only as a stooge? Well if his image was so easily dismissed as to equate it portrayable by a pantomine actor why bother making a biopic about his life? As such a joek of a human being, surely is far too one dimensional to be of interest to anyone. |
