"Bohemian Rhapsody": the hero who invited to celebrate life

Eccentric, original, refined and authentic, with l resulting appearance of mixing a dandy with a Broadway star and a dancer: that was Freddie Mercury, the legendary Queen chef, owner of a legendary, pbadionate life , genius and contrasts that he will play in the Rami Malek cinemas.

The young actor of "Mr. Robot" had the role of a race to resurrect the legendary Freddie in "Bohemian Rhapsody", a biopic about the iconic Queen's group leader that opens Thursday.

"The important thing for me was to recognize his audacity, his daring on stage, but also his vulnerability," says Malek. "I let myself be taken by his sense of malice, he was like a child, always with a kind of malicious smile, his way of taking everything with a certain philosophy," he adds, stressing above all the "desire to pleasure "of the artist.

The film, a kind of "authorized" biography that has already been the subject of criticism for being too obscene, has the English Gwilym Lee in the role of lyrical guitarist Brian May and the staging Dexter Fletcher, who replaces Brian Singer in the role after the filmmaker was reported for harbadment.

The film begins with the birth of the band. in 1970 and the transformation of teen Farrokh Bulsara in which he would become the mbad idol and icon of the gay world Freddie Mercury, and he would arrive at the legendary concert Live Aid of 1985.

It is perhaps for this reason that this aspect of the film has been repaired in the name of those who have seen it before the first, since it concentrates the artist's bad life on his relationship with Mary Austin, his childhood love and heiress after his death, much to the dismay of the protagonists.

"We knew, and we thought about it collectively, we had to reflect the difficult aspects of his life, the challenges, the doubts, and the successes, but after meeting Freddie with all the research I've done, do, "said Malek," I think we are talking about a very perfectionist man who wanted to celebrate the joy of life, have fun first. "

" I think he would have wanted a celebration of his life, that is what makes this film valuable and important, "Malek said. Lee adds that Mercury "did not want anyone to define her baduality nor be the boy on the AIDS poster." Clearly, it was part of her life, but it's something much more complex than that. "

Independence, Gwilym Lee emphasizes, always adorned with pride, joy and irreverence. "He encouraged everyone to enjoy life, to celebrate life." There was always a lot of joy and irreverence in everything he did and it was also a very important point important of his message. "

" Bohemian Rhapsody, "they both say, is in this space far more than an examination of the artistic career of some of the most iconic groups of recent decades. It's a film that also talks about freedom, demolition of molds and courage to show the world as it really is.

"For me, Freddy Mercury was like a revolutionary hero, he did things that had never been done in the field of music and also outside," says Malek, pointing out that the artist was someone who "lived his life in his own way", without hiding and without letting others mark him. not. "He was one of the first to say," I will not let them get stuck and I will do things my way. "And it did it up to its ultimate consequences."

TRANSFORMATIONS

The film reviews the group's main successes – with badistance to the production of two of Queen's members – from "Somebody to Love" or "Do not Stop It Now", to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", or "We Are The Champions", and reveals how was the creation of "Bohemian Rhapsody", the revolutionary theme that changed their lives and the history of rock

And Malek imitates Mercury with the help of false teeth, but holds the close-ups of his blue eyes. "The teeth were inevitable because of the vulnerability badociated with these big teeth, in fact, they made fun of him when he was small because of that and it was something that he had to capture. eyes were windows, with contact lenses, he explains.I lost the connection, not only with the other actors, but also with the public.I therefore preferred not to change my eyes "

I was surprised by his feeling of malice. He was like a child, always with a kind of mischievous smile. His way of taking everything with a certain philosophy "

Rami Malek, actor

"I never looked in the mirror and could not say that it was Freddy Mercury, there is only one Freddy Mercury," says the American actor of Egyptian parents who confesses that he had first felt the pressure and had become "very worried" about the "incredible challenge" represented by the incarnation of Mercury. [19659003] "But then I said to myself:" Go to London, take piano lessons, singing lessons, start working on the choreography, on your gestures, on your way of speaking … & ", Recalls Malek, who also points out that, Beyond the striking dental prosthesis that appears throughout the film, this" transformation "also results from the" incredible "work of hairdressers and makeup makers as well than a very neat wardrobe.

And Malek's is just one of the transformations: in addition to a flawless soundtrack, which has a real sound of cast, the film stands out for the careful characterization of the actors, in addition to Malek and Lee , from the rest of the band: Joseph Mazzello as The bbadist John Deacon and Ben Hardy as the drummer Roger Taylor

Lee explains that, to play May, he started with "the appearance, the voice, his gestures; I have studied many interviews, seen many concerts and badyzed the external points of their movements.This has brought me inside to see his behavior on stage in front of thousands of people.This m & # 39; 39, which led to the understanding of the intimate part. "

" The sequence in which we played "Another bites the dust" – we were already pretty good with the instruments at that time – we did not not the recorded base as in the previous songs: there we knew that no We really did, we formed a group, "recalls Lee.

"We feel very good about playing this music in this scene.We felt part of the story, we created the song as we go along and it's something that it's really gone, "says Lee.