Rami Malek had Freddie Mercury’s teeth recreated for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

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• According to a new profile by The New York Times, Rami
  Malek practiced singing with a set of Freddie Mercury’s teeth
  he had created for his role as the Queen frontman in “Bohemian
  Rhapsody.”
• Malek carried the set with him in a plastic container
  and put them into his mouth every night to prepare before the
  film was even greenlit.
• It proved useful when the first scene shot for the film
  was Queen’s iconic performance at Live Aid in 1985.

 

Actor Rami Malek went to great lengths to prepare for his role as
Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the upcoming biopic, “Bohemian
Rhapsody.” Before the film was even greenlit, Malek practiced
with a fake set of Freddie Mercury teeth.

In an interview with The New York Times, Malek said
that a costume designer recreated a set of Mercury’s teeth that
Malek carried with him in a plastic container and put
into his mouth to practice singing every night. The Times said
that Mercury had four extra upper back teeth that gave him an
overbite, and Malek wanted to embrace that as much as
possible.

Malek also worked with a dialect and movement coach in
London, according to the Times, who had him study those who
inspired Mercury, such as Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, David
Bowie, and Liza Minnelli’s performance in the 1972 musical film
“Cabaret.”

“It was almost more useful at times to watch Liza than it
was to watch Freddie himself,” Malek told the Times. “You found
the inspiration and birth of those movements.”

It all became useful when the film was greenlit and the
first scene shot was Queen’s iconic performance at Live Aid in
1985. The Times said that Malek’s voice was mixed with his own,
Mercury’s, and Canadian singer Marc Martel’s to create
Mercury’s singing voice for the film.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” comes to theaters November 2.

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