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Aidan Gillen and Tom Hollander join Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody

September 28, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Deadline is reporting that Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and Tom Hollander (Taboo) have become the latest additions to the cast of Bohemian Rhapsody, director Bryan Singer’s biopic of legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.

Gillen is set to play John Reid, who managed Queen between 1975 and 1978, while Hollander will play his successor Jim Beach. The duo join the previously announced Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Joe Mazzello as John Deacon, Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Aaron McCusker as Jim Hutton, Allen Leech as Paul Prenter and Mike Myers in an as-yet-unrevealed role.

SEE ALSO: Queen’s Live Aid performance recreated in Bohemian Rhapsody set photos and video

Bohemian Rhapsody will chart the rise of the British rock band through to their iconic Live Aid performance in 1985. It is set for release on December 25th 2018 in the States and December 28th 2018 in the UK

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Aidan Gillen, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tom Hollander

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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