Queen Denies Sacha Baron Cohen’s Claims [Video]

Brian May is calling Sacha Baron Cohen out. The actor publicly explained that he left the Queen biopic because he and the band had two very different ideas about what the movie "should be about," but the rocker says that's not the case.

According to Cohen, he wanted to make a "truthful" movie about the "amazing stories" of Freddie Mercury's "extreme lifestyle" while the band wanted to focus on the resiliency of Queen and downplay the frontman's death.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, guitarist May has no problem being honest about his feelings toward the actor. "Sacha became an arse," May explains. "We had some nice times with Sacha kicking around ideas, but he went off and told untruths about what happened." He adds that Queen has never shied away from the truth or their history, so why would they start now?

In some final partying shots, May took a dig a Cohen's latest movie, "The Brothers Grimsby." The rocker said the decision to part ways was "for very good reasons, which will become apparent if you watch what he's done recently." Ouch.

May says they're now looking at Ben Whishaw, who played Q in the last two James Bond films, to play Mercury. May calls Whishaw “fabulous" and "a real actor."

Here's the discussion on the Howard Stern Satellite Radio show that May took exception.