Controversies aside, Rami Malek did a great job portraying Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody. He nailed the vocals, he totally got the look, and he convinced the team to allow him to incorporate more of Mercury's sexuality in the film. But there's one facet of Malek's insane transformation that we simply can't get over: he even wore a pair of artificial teeth to re-create the Queen frontman's pronounced overbite, which was due to four additional incisors the singer was born with.
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To prepare for the role, Malek was fitted with prosthetic teeth a whole year before filming Bohemian Rhapsody so that he could get used to speaking and singing with them. As the film's hair and makeup department lead, Jan Sewell, told Popsugar, she made "so many pairs" of artificial teeth to re-create Mercury's overbite,...
Related: No, Your Vision Isn't Blurred - Bohemian Rhapsody's Rami Malek Has an Identical Twin
To prepare for the role, Malek was fitted with prosthetic teeth a whole year before filming Bohemian Rhapsody so that he could get used to speaking and singing with them. As the film's hair and makeup department lead, Jan Sewell, told Popsugar, she made "so many pairs" of artificial teeth to re-create Mercury's overbite,...
- 1/20/2019
- by Corinne Sullivan
- Popsugar.com
If you've seen the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, then you'll know that Rami Malek's performance as Freddie Mercury delivers a little something extra that allowed the film to sweep at the 2019 Golden Globes. But Malek and the rest of the Bohemian Rhapsody cast are not the only ones who gave us everything we wanted and more - Freddie Mercury's mouth also boasted more than the average person. You might remember that in one scene, Freddie Mercury approaches Brian May and Roger Taylor after their band Smile split up to see if he might become their new lead singer, and they reply, "Not with those teeth, mate." However, the explanation that Rami's character offers ("I was born with four additional incisors") is actually totally true!
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In real life, Mercury really did have four extra teeth in the back of his mouth,...
Related: The Way Bohemian Rhapsody Is Recreating Freddie Mercury's Vocals Isn't What You Thought
In real life, Mercury really did have four extra teeth in the back of his mouth,...
- 1/12/2019
- by Corinne Sullivan
- Popsugar.com
The magnetic Queen singer is still attracting fans, 21 years after his death – yet he was remarkably hard to fathom. Can a BBC documentary, and a Hollywood film starring Sacha Baron Cohen, cast any new light on the man behind the legend?
In November 1991, days before he died, Freddie Mercury met his manager to discuss how best to reveal to the world that he had Aids. Once they had agreed the wording of an announcement, the 45-year-old singer began to wonder how he would be remembered. "You can do what you want with my music," he said, "but don't make me boring."
He got his wish. Twenty-one years later, Mercury is still the rock star's rock star, exerting enough magnetism to reel in new fans who are too young to remember him firsthand. There is a Hollywood biopic starring Sacha Baron Cohen in the works, and next month a new BBC documentary,...
In November 1991, days before he died, Freddie Mercury met his manager to discuss how best to reveal to the world that he had Aids. Once they had agreed the wording of an announcement, the 45-year-old singer began to wonder how he would be remembered. "You can do what you want with my music," he said, "but don't make me boring."
He got his wish. Twenty-one years later, Mercury is still the rock star's rock star, exerting enough magnetism to reel in new fans who are too young to remember him firsthand. There is a Hollywood biopic starring Sacha Baron Cohen in the works, and next month a new BBC documentary,...
- 9/28/2012
- by Caroline Sullivan
- The Guardian - Film News
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