Last week, Rami Malek was awarded a BAFTA for his performance in Bohemian Rhapsody. To prepare himself for the role, Malek did more research than your average Queen superfan and he has become something of an ambassador for Mercury’s legacy for a new generation.
The night before he won his BAFTA, Malek has revealed that he met up with Bob Geldof. During the meeting, Geldof shared the story of how he managed to persuade Freddie Mercury to play the legendary Live Aid gig.
“I don’t know if Bob Geldof will kill me for this but I saw him and met him last night and what he said to me is he called Freddie and he told them, ‘Freddie, I think that there’s an event that was made especially for Queen and especially for you’”, Malek recalled.
“And he goes, ‘This audience is made for Freddie,’ and Freddie said, ‘What do you mean, darling?’ and he said, ‘Well, it’s the world’ and Freddie goes, ‘I see what you mean.”
During his acceptance speech last night, Malek said: “To the greatest outsider of them all. For being so unwavering and unflinching and uncompromising in every which way. Thank you Freddie Mercury again.”
