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The <em>Mr. Robot</em> and <em>Buster’s Mal Heart</em> actor dished on <a href="https://ew.com/movies/2016/11/04/queen-biopic-rami-malek-freddie-mercury/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1" rel="noreferrer">becoming Freddie Mercury</a> for Bryan Singer’s upcoming <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017JXSVZG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B017JXSVZG&linkId=cf846c931a24a417cc00a1edd1342fdd&tag=ew-onsite-backup-20" data-component="amazon" data-source="affiliate" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="2" rel="sponsored nofollow noskim">Queen</a> biopic, <em>Bohemian Rhapsody</em>. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_2-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_3-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> “I could have my Beyoncé moment,” he told Stephen Colbert on Monday’s <em>Late Show</em>. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_4-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_5-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Original Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor serve as music producers on the film, and they were involved in the early development process. Malek said they were sent a tape of his audition for the role, and he was under the impression that they watched it before meeting him in Taylor’s flat. “They hadn’t downloaded it properly so I ended up watching them watch me for the first time,” he said. “No pressure.” </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_6-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_7-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block ew-sc-block-featuredlink mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link--related"><a href="https://ew.com/gallery/retire-liars-12-musical-acts-who-decided-goodbye-doesnt-mean-forever" rel="noreferrer" rel="nocaes" id="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link_1-0" class="mntl-sc-block-universal-featured-link__link mntl-text-link text-utility-300 global-link" data-tracking-container="true" data-tracking-id="featured-link" ><span class="link__wrapper">Retire? 12 Musical Acts Who Decided Goodbye Doesn’t Mean Forever</span></a> </div> <div id="mntl-sc-block_8-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_9-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Malek recalled a visit to the iconic Abbey Road Studios, in London where the impact of this role clicked together for him. “I’m running across the street where I look back and I see it’s that iconic crosswalk that the Beatles have the album cover for <em>Abbey Road</em> on and instantly I’m like, ‘What the hell is happening to me right now?’” he said. </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_10-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_11-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Once inside the studio, he saw an autographed photo of all the members of Queen with “Freddie Mercury’s face just kind of staring at me, telling me, ‘Don’t do this,'” he added. “It really felt inspiring, but it definitely was that look of, ‘Don’t f— this up.'” </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_12-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_13-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> It hasn’t been easy finding an actor to play Mercury for <em>Bohemian Rhapsody</em>. Sacha Baron Cohen was once attached to the GK Films production back in <a href="https://ew.com/article/2010/09/16/sacha-baron-cohen-signs-on-to-play-queen-lead-singer-freddie-mercury-how-perfect-is-that/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1" rel="noreferrer">2010</a>, but he parted ways in 2013 over <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/03/08/sacha-baron-cohen-freddie-mercury-biopic-howard-stern/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2" rel="noreferrer">creative differences</a>. Singer, known for his role in the X-Men franchise, will helm the production based on a screenplay from Anthony McCarten (<em>The Theory of Everything</em>). </p> <div id="mntl-sc-block_14-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block"></div> <p id="mntl-sc-block_15-0" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html"> Watch Malek discuss his role in the clip above. </p></div></div> </div><div class="loc article-right-rail"><div id="mm-ads-right-rail_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-right-rail mntl-block"><div id="sc-billboard-group_1-0" class="comp sc-billboard-group mntl-block js-scads-inline-content"><div id="mntl-block_2-0" class="comp mntl-block"><div id="mm-ads-squareFlex1-sticky_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-squareFlex1-sticky mm-ads-sc-sticky-square scads-to-load right-rail__item" data-height="1090" style="height: 1090px;"><div id="mm-ads-sc-sticky-square-ad_1-0" class="comp mm-ads-sc-sticky-square-ad mm-ads-square mm-ads-gpt-adunit gpt square "> <div id="square-flex-1" 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