Rami Malek wins best actor Oscar for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ on WTOP| LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rami Malek had difficult moments making “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but he has an Oscar to show for it. Malek, receiving the best actor trophy Sunday for his portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, called it a…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rami Malek had difficult moments making “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but he has an Oscar to show for it.
Malek, receiving the best actor trophy Sunday for his portrayal of the late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, called it a “monumental moment.” He thanked members of the band in attendance.
“I may not have been the obvious choice, but I guess it worked out,” Malek said. “Thank you, Queen, thank you, guys, for allowing me to be the tiniest part of your phenomenal, extraordinary legacy. I am forever in your debt.”
Malek speculated about what he would have made of the honor as a child.
“I think his curly haired mind would have been blown,” he said. “That kid was struggling with his identity, trying to figure himself out.”
He lauded “Bohemian Rhapsody” for telling the story of a gay man and an immigrant who lived his life as “unapologetically himself.” Mercury, who was born in Zanzibar to parents from India, moved to England with his family as a teenager.
