Rami Marek: Started with a takeaway and was ridiculed as the most watery Oscar winner

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At the 2019 Oscars, Rami Marek won the best actor award in one fell swoop, becoming the second post-80s Oscar emperor after Eddie Redman, and the first non-white film emperor in the oscar's past 12 years of history, and this is also Remy's first nomination at the Oscars.

The first time shortlisted to win the film emperor, many people can't help but mock "he is the most watery Oscar emperor in history", but what the audience does not know is that he has not been easy along the way, before entering the circle, he was born ordinary, in order to maintain his livelihood, he also worked as a takeaway worker, after entering the circle, he was rejected by the director and producer for many years because of his outstanding appearance, running the dragon set for many years, which was almost common for him.

So, how did he fight back?

Today let's walk into the marriage story of Rami Marek.

Fame experience

Marek was born in Los Angeles in 1981, but because his father was an Egyptian immigrant, he could only speak Arabic until he was four years old, and in high school, he was highly expected by his parents to become a lawyer, but he became interested in acting and took a musical theater class in high school.

After graduating from Evansville University in 2003 with a degree in fine arts, Marek went non-stop to Hollywood to pursue an acting career.

But because he didn't have any acting experience, and he was a minority himself, he still didn't play a role in two years after casting a large circle of resumes in Hollywood, and in order to make a living, he had to work as a pizza delivery man, make shawarma, chickpeas in restaurants, and even go to the real estate agent certificate.

But just as he was about to start a new life, he received a call from a casting director who said he wanted to talk to his agent, and Marek bluntly said that he did not have an agent, but in the end he won himself a supporting role in the American drama "Kiwi Girl", thus starting his acting career.

After that, he continued to run the dragon set, playing the "green leaf" character around the protagonist many times, until 2006, he played a role with more drama, the work was called "Museum Fantastic Night", in which he played the pharaoh Akamenra, because he was Egyptian, so the facial features have their own exotic style, playing the pharaoh without any sense of violation, coupled with his own accumulation of years of skilled acting skills, so after he played the film, he became one of the indispensable supporting roles in the series, successfully lasted for three parts.

After this, his acting career has slowly improved, in 2010, he was favored by the famous director Tom Hanks, starred in the mini-series "Pacific War", he played a cold-blooded numb, oily, slippery, but in fact, the surface of the wandering skeleton is just to hide the inner fragility and innocence of the soldier, the same stable play, let Marek take the emotional changes of the characters to the delicate place, very layered, in the end, he played a person who became "cruel and vulnerable" because of the war.

Later, he starred in a series of films such as "Twilight: Breaking Dawn", "Juvenile Shelter", "Master" and so on, although the reputation is good, but most of his characters are played, still are supporting roles, and even in Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boys", he was also cut out of all the scenes, until 2015, he finally came out and starred in the American drama "The Matrix" as a starring role.

In the film, he plays a young hacker who is deeply troubled by social phobia, for this, he has made a lot of preparations, he has learned a lot of computer knowledge before the start of filming, and in order to get close to the characters, when on the set, he will not talk to other people, in addition, the film has a very large number of inner monologues, as well as mental collapse shots caused by drug addiction, he is also perfectly interpreted, using eyes and looks to bring the audience into it, wonderful acting skills plus other efforts, so that he finally won the Emmy Award for Best Actor in the Drama Category.

After becoming the Emperor of Television, he not only attracted a large number of fans, but also attracted the attention of the second "Bole", who was Graham King, the director of the film "Bohemian Rhapsody".

In fact, at first, the producers didn't think about Marek and thought about having sasha Byron Cohen and Ben Weschaud play the main characters, but until they saw Marek, the director said: "There is no need to choose anyone, because when Marek walked in, I couldn't help but think: This is Freddy." Not only his performance, but his natural temperament, we don't want actors who are too famous, we want great actors who can change themselves. If the audience doesn't recognize the characters in the first 20 minutes, then you lose them, and that's the challenge. ”

Of course, to play a legendary figure, not only rely on temperament, but also solid acting skills, for this, the director is also very reassured about Marek, he said bluntly: "I have seen his work, he did not give too much pretentious look, but you seem to be able to feel the rock energy in his body." When he stood in front of me in full incarnation as Freddy, it was definitely one of the most perfect performances I've ever seen in my life. ”

For Marek, who has heard "Bohemian Rhapsody" since he was a child, he is also quite excited and excited to play this legendary figure, so after determining the starring role in the film, he began a long "road of preparation".

The first thing to prepare, of course, is the shape, in order to be almost the same as the hairstyle, beard, tooth decay, and even the armpit hair and Freddy during the performance, he used prostheses in key areas, especially the iconic teeth of the original character and his hook nose, Marek found the right dentures and wig pieces, even when sleeping, put them in his mouth and under his arms.

In addition, he spends almost two hours a day wearing makeup because of the fake nose, but the director said that Marek tirelessly arrives at the dressing room on time every day.

According to the data, the legendary singer learned boxing, golf and long-distance running in his childhood, which affected the state he showed later in the concert, the director said: "You can see him waving his fists during the performance, and you can also see him unconsciously holding the microphone high, which is evidence of his physical muscles." ”

So for this, Marek specially hired a sports coach and practiced all the sports that the legendary singer had done.

Finally, it is Freddy's life, Marek said that the place where the original character lived when he was young supported his basic three views and complex psychological drama, so in order to perfectly interpret the psychological emotions of the characters, he went to the place where he lived for a period of time before filming began.

And all of the above is prepared, and there is a back, the film can not distinguish between the real and false "Freddy" even queen band member Brian May said: "We sometimes forget that he is not Freddy." ”

So sure, the award is naturally not a problem, so there is the beginning of what we mentioned: Marek won the 2019 Oscar for best actor, and the first nomination can win, on the podium, he was very excited, thanking all the people who have helped him.

But afterwards, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he also sighed, saying: "When the filming ended, the moment I removed my dentures, I felt as if I was naked, so after I finished shooting, I often felt that although I was no longer Freddy Mercury, I also couldn't find my original self." ”

Love history

In addition, the film emperor this time, but also let him completely officially declare his love affair, it is understood that when he delivered the award speech, he said a long series of gratitude words to Lucy Bao in the audience, and because of this, almost everyone knows the fact of their interaction, it is reported that Lucy also starred in "Bohemian Rhapsody", and because of the cooperation in the film, the two developed from inside the play to outside the play, but until the moment of the Oscar official announcement, they have been in a relationship for nearly 4 years.

However, despite the open relationship, the two are still as low-key as ever, rarely "together" in front of the media, Marek said: "I see my girlfriend as the other half of my life that captures my heart, to achieve today's success, and her persistence towards me is also an indispensable thing, but I still hope that the audience will pay more attention to our works." ”

Today, Marek is still starring in different film and television works, at the same time, he became the darling of the fashion industry, the same year he became a movie emperor, he appeared on the cover of the Middle East edition of GQ magazine, as for other top brands, he also often stands for their events.

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When the Oscar best actor winners were announced, Marek was destined to become the first non-white new movie emperor in 12 years, big eyes, prominent chin became his appearance label, some people liked and some people hated, but this did not change the fact that he served the public with excellent acting skills, strange eyes, strange accents, but he used this impression that was not tall to make people remember him. The smoke of fierce competition for the Oscars has dissipated, faded glitz, in the face of fame and praise, I believe he will expand another film path with a rational attitude.