
Borat
star Sacha Baron Cohen, 41, quit the biopic project this summer
following clashes over the script with band members Brian May, 66, and
Roger Taylor, 64.
But now producers are keen to bag Radcliffe,
24, and are prepared to offer him big money to tempt him to play the gay
singer, whose string of hits included camp rock anthem I Want To Break
Free.
If he takes the part, Hollywood insiders predict it will be
the actor’s biggest pay day since he played Harry Potter in the
successful movies.
“Plus, he’s closer in height to Freddie than Sacha, who’s much taller. Daniel can really sing, too.”
The tabloid also claims that producers are impressed with Radcliffe's Kill Your Darlings performance as gay beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and say that Baren Cohen dropped out