Daniel Radcliffe Denies Freddie Mercury Role Rumors

Daniel Radcliffe poses for pics and signs autographs for fans as he leaves the BBC Radio 1 studio on Monday (September 23) in London, England.

The 24-year-old actor recently shot down rumors that he would be playing Freddie Mercury in a new biopic.

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“There is no truth to it at all,” Daniel told EmpireOnline.com. “It’s one of those very, very funny things: it came out of a story in the Daily Star and then you see newspapers like The Guardian using The Star as their source, and it grows and grows [until] it’s ‘Dan Radcliffe is playing Freddie Mercury!’, which I was never going to do.”

He added, “Everyone on the internet who I presume is saying I’m totally wrong for that part is correct. I AM completely wrong for that part!”