The hotly-anticipated film hits theaters November 2. Rami Malek, who portrays the iconic singer, reportedly “nails” his interpretation of Mercury, according to Variety. The…
The hotly-anticipated film hits theaters November 2.
Rami Malek, who portrays the iconic singer, reportedly “nails” his interpretation of Mercury, according to Variety.
The site reported that Malek “not only had Mercury’s stage moves down — from the aggressive glam of the band’s early days to the butch fist-pumping of his ’80s incarnation — he’s got his drop-dead humor as well.”
“Roger, there’s only room in this band for one hysterical Queen,” Malek deadpans.
In another scene, a band member tells the character of Mercury, “You’re a legend, Freddie.”
“We’re all legends,” he replies.
The singer died of an AIDS-related death in 1991.
Original Queen band members Roger Taylor and Brian May served as the film’s music producers, according to Entertainment Weekly .
Malek noted during an interview with Stephen Colbert that the musicians were sent a tape of his audition for the role, and he was under the impression that they watched it before meeting him in Taylor’s flat. “They hadn’t downloaded it properly so I ended up watching them watch me for the first time,” he said. “No pressure.”
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” also stars Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Tom Hollander, and Mike Myers.
The film hits theaters Nov. 2.
