(Conclusion) LOS ANGELES—Did you know that Rami Malek slipped as he was exiting the Oscars stage right after accepting his best actor trophy? The…
(Conclusion)
LOS ANGELES—Did you know that Rami Malek slipped as he was exiting the Oscars stage right after accepting his best actor trophy? The cameras had panned away from him, so viewers did not see the “Bohemian Rhapsody” star take a tumble off the stage.
But the A-listers sitting in the front row of the Dolby Theatre came to his aid. Paramedics arrived and treated Rami. But the actor seemed fine when he went backstage to be interviewed by the reporters. Below are excerpts from that interview with Rami and other winners.
Rami Malek, best actor (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
I grew up in a world where I never thought I was going to play the lead on “Mr. Robot” because I never saw anyone in a lead role who looked like me. I never thought that I could possibly play Freddie Mercury until I realized his name was Farrokh Bulsara, and that is the most powerful message that was sent to me from the beginning. That was the motivation that allowed me to say, oh, I can do this.
And that man steps on stage and he moves people in a way that no one else does. He has the ability to look everyone in the eye and see them for who they are. And that’s because he was struggling to identify himself.
All of that passion and everything burning inside of him allowed him to look at everybody else and say, hey, I see you.
