After his Oscar-winning portrayal of the queer icon in the 2018 biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," the actor hesitated to accept the lead in Ira Sachs' musical drama "The Man I Love." Despite winning an ...

Oscar winner Rami Malek had been itching to work with Ira Sachs for some time - going as far as to ask his representatives to get him a meeting with the filmmaker. But when the script for Sachs' next ...

Before taking on a performing artist who is battling AIDs in 1980s New York in Ira Sachs' latest Cannes feature The Man I Love, star Rami Malek said, "I can't do this, there's too many similarities." ...

Rami Malek opened up during a press conference at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival about his initial reluctance to star in director Ira Sachs‘ new musical drama The Man I Love, according to a Thursday, ...

Rami Malek almost turned the down his role in Ira Sach's The Man I Love, as a gay, singing performance artist in 1980s New York at the height of the AIDS crisis, because he worried he'd be accused of ...

Rami Malek wasn't always on board to star in his new film The Man I Love. After reading the script, Malek told the outlet that he recalled thinking, “I can't do this, there's too many similarities ...

Rami Malek delivers an exquisite, career-best turn in “The Man I Love,” a bittersweet tribute to queer art and community set in 1980s New York. The Oscar-winning actor plays Jimmy George, a ...

“I can’t do this, there’s too many similarities [between the two]," the actor recalled thinking while comparing his new character in 'The Man I Love' and Freddie Mercury Kimberlee Speakman is a Writer ...

Malek almost passed on Ira Sachs’ AIDS-era Cannes drama 'The Man I Love,' fearing comparisons to his Oscar-winning turn as Freddie Mercury in 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' By Jada Yuan Rami Malek almost turned ...