He would regularly cover aspects with humor as seen by these interview highlights onYouTube.
“I’m dealing with a man’s life, right?
And a legacy like no other,” Malek toldSBS The Feed.
“A person people revere as not only as a legend but a deity.
He’s a rock God.
I just jumped all in.”
So how exactly did Malek get in the zone?
And how did he transform so effortlessly into the rock star?
The actor studied Freddie Mercury’s moves, realizing he needed more than a choreographer.
That’s where movement coach Polly Bennett came in.
“Every eye look, every turn, every flick of the microphone.”
They didn’t just study Mercury.
Malek also had the help of a dialect coach to study Mercury’s speech pattern.
That included getting used to prosthetics like a fake nose and teeth.
“And then I found myself compensating.
I just started sitting up straight and being more elegant,” he explained.
“You start to think, ‘Oh, these are the reasons he is who he is.'”
“I watched everything I could on the man,” he said.
“I’m very, very proud of the way I conducted myself.”
That effort culminated with the ultimate reward winning the Oscar for best actor in 2019 (viaThe Guardian).
