Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury

BORAT creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to swap moustaches for his latest role, playing the late Queen star Freddie Mercury.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Sep 2010, 17:21 BST

Updated 17th Sep 2010, 23:43 BST

The comic will play the flamboyant rock singer in a biopic, co-produced by Robert De Niro.

Peter Morgan -- who wrote Frost/Nixon and The Queen - is scripting the as yet untitled drama.