![]() ![]() I mean, you could portray every aspect of his life. He loved entertaining and was so generous. “He didn’t even grow up Christian, but he would throw Christmas parties and have a gift for everyone. He was very promiscuous.” Had Malek had his way, the script-from Anthony McCarten, with an assist from Peter Morgan-would have covered lesser-known details about the musician as well: “He used to throw these elegant, gorgeous dinner parties for his friends, not a bunch of strangers as portrayed in the film,” said Malek. Asked about that particular criticism of Bohemian Rhapsody, Malek said, “The fact of the matter, that he would freely admit, was that one of Freddie Mercury’s hobbies was sex. Some critics have taken issue with the fact that Bohemian Rhapsody sanitizes Mercury’s image. Without Mary Austin there is no Freddie Mercury, I believe.” She is the only one who knows where they are. She is the human being he entrusted with his ashes after he died. I think she knew his deepest, darkest secrets. Mary Austin is the person he trusted the most in his life. I don’t know that she wants that image affected in any way.” Speaking about their relationship, Malek said, “I think they were each other’s confidantes-two people who could share anything and everything and, of course, were in love but had that deep, meaningful love that most people search for all of their lives. I think the Freddie that she has in her heart and in her mind, and the love that she had, is reserved for him. “Mary, for I think excellent reasons, does not do interviews,” said Malek. The two remained friends and Mercury continued believing that Mary-for whom he wrote the song “Love of My Life”-was his soul mate. The biopic depicts Mercury and Mary’s ill-fated love story, which ended after the musician revealed his sexuality. The one person close to Mercury who has maintained distance from the project is Mary Austin, Mercury’s best friend and the woman he called his common-law-wife, who is played in Bohemian Rhapsody by Lucy Boynton. May told Malek that seeing the double-decker Bohemian Rhapsody poster was a full-circle moment for him, realizing how far the band had come-not just as musicians but as pop-culture figures worthy of movie representation. ![]() 9 double-decker bus each day before breaking big, to ask their managers why Queen had not yet taken off. May told the actor that Mercury would’ve gotten a kick out of the signage considering that May and Mercury used to ride into London atop a No. “That’s everything to me,” Malek told Vanity Fair earlier this week, adding that he recently received a message from May after the guitarist saw a double-decker bus in London with Malek, as Mercury, on the side. Ahead of Bohemian Rhapsody’s Friday release, awards pundits had been bandying Rami Malek’s name about as a best-actor contender this coming Oscar season.īut for Malek, who underwent a stunning transformation to play Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, the positive accolades he’s gotten from Mercury’s Queen bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor, as well as Mercury’s own sister Kashmira Cooke, are prize enough.
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