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Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen has signed on to play rival barber Pirelli in Tim Burton's forthcoming film version of Sweeney Todd. The movie, starring Johnny Depp in the title role and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, is set to begin filming next month for release in late 2007. Screenwriter and former playwright John Logan wrote the script for the film version of the Stephen Sondheim classic.
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Sacha Baron Cohen aka Borat has signed on to play late Freddie Mercury in a biopic about the Queen lead singer. Reportedly, Sacha beat out Johnny Depp for the role. The film will chronicle Freddie's rise to fame and his hard partying up to his death in 1991 due to complications from AIDS.
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Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly beat out Johnny Depp for the chance to play legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic on the singer's life. Discussions with Depp that Queen guitarist Brian May talked about in December have apparently fallen through.
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