Director of Freddie Mercury movie wants to break free
Things aren’t getting any easier for Sony’s still-untitled Freddie Mercury biopic but, as they say, the show must go on. In December, Sacha Baron Cohen was excused from the role of the Queen frontman—despite being a lanky guy who often has a mustache—and replaced with Skyfall’s Ben Whishaw, a similarly lanky guy who can probably grow a mustache. Now, as reported by Deadline, director Dexter Fletcher has backed out of the project, citing creative differences with the band—differences that must have interfered with his one vision for the film.