Which 2018 musical biopic about Queen stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury?

The 2018 musical biopic about Queen starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury is Bohemian Rhapsody.

Bohemian Rhapsody dramatizes the rise of Queen and centers on Freddie Mercury, the band’s charismatic lead singer. The film traces the group from its formation in 1970 through its celebrated performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium. Rami Malek plays Mercury, while Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, and Joseph Mazzello portray Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon.

Malek’s performance received major acclaim and won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, as well as Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild awards. The film also won Oscars for film editing, sound editing, and sound mixing.

The movie was a major commercial success, but viewers should remember that it uses dramatic license. Several dates, relationships, and career events are rearranged or compressed for storytelling. That does not change the central identification: Bohemian Rhapsody is the Queen film in which Malek portrays Mercury. Rocketman instead focuses on Elton John, while Ray and Walk the Line portray different musicians.