Sacha Baron Cohen Reveals why he Exited the Freddie Mercury Biopic

Back in 2010, it was announced Sacha Baron Cohen would take on the lead role in a biopic about the late Freddie Mercury.

People asked the question is this the same guy who play “Ali G, Borat, and Brüno?" who will now play the ex-Queen front man?

In 2013, Brian May - the band’s guitarist - announced that the comedian had left the project “on good terms”, adding that his “presence in the movie would be very distracting”.

Almost three years later, Cohen has finally spoken out about the project, revealing exactly why he left on the Howard Stern show

So it seems Sacha didn't want to be apart of a project that would essentially be a Brian May biopic!