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Queen drummer Roger Taylor remains convinced the band made the right decision in canning Sacha Baron Cohen from their Bohemian Rhapsody biopic and choosing Oscar winner Rami Malek.

Taylor told Classic Rock magazine, “Everything resulting from the film was just so positive. It was fantastic. I think he would have been utter s***. Sacha is pushy, if nothing else. He’s also six inches too tall.”

He went on to say, “I watched his last five films and came to the conclusion he’s not a very good actor. . . I thought he was an utterly brilliant subversive comedian, that’s what he’s great at. Anyway, I think Rami did a brilliant job in an almost impossible role.”

Brian May and Roger Taylor shed light on the dedication they found from the top down from the cast and crew of Bohemian Rhapsody: “(Brian May): All the way down the cast and the whole production team, you feel this passion. They all felt it was something exceptional and we felt like that (Roger Taylor): Yeah. (Brian May): . . . visiting the set. It was an amazing feeling of loyalty and passion to this whole teamwork. (Roger Taylor): They got very close to us, I mean, visually, which made it particularly uncanny to watch. . . (Brian May): Mmm. (Roger Taylor): . . . for us, and after a couple of viewings, I mean, you start to (laughs) completely believe, ‘Ah, that was us!’ No, it’s not, no. (Brian May): You do. (Roger Taylor): . . . it’s other people. But (laughs) phenomenal (laughs).”