Being Freddie: It's a Kinda Magic

By David Stewart
Updated August 21 2014 - 10:35am, first published August 20 2014 - 9:40am
SHOWMAN: Giles Taylor is Freddie Mercury in Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic, coming to the Civic Theatre, Newcastle, on September 10.
SHOWMAN: Giles Taylor is Freddie Mercury in Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic, coming to the Civic Theatre, Newcastle, on September 10.
PROFESSIONAL: Giles Taylor has taken a method acting approach to becoming Freddie Mercury on stage. He’s pictured with consultant Peter Freestone.
PROFESSIONAL: Giles Taylor has taken a method acting approach to becoming Freddie Mercury on stage. He’s pictured with consultant Peter Freestone.

HE didn't know it at the time, but Giles Taylor began preparing to play the role of Freddie Mercury in the 1980s.

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