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In a recent interview Adam Lambert expressed his approval of the casting of Rami Malek to portray Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody.'

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00:00In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Adam Lambert expressed his approval

00:03of the casting of Rami Malek to portray Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen

00:07biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. In the interview, which was published Monday, Lambert,

00:11who has been playing with Queen since 2011, said that Malek is a much better performer

00:16to play the role than himself.

00:17"'I don't look like Freddie. I don't sound like Freddie. I sound like me,' said the singer.

00:21"'Rami looks amazing. He's a great actor. From what I understand, they use pieces of

00:25actual studio recording of Freddie and Marc Martel, who is an impersonator of Freddie Mercury,

00:30to do some of the other vocal stuff. So, it's really about recreating Freddie. So, no,

00:35it wouldn't have been me."

00:36Bohemian Rhapsody chronicles the iconic band's early career and rise to fame and explores

00:40Mercury's personal life and AIDS diagnosis. The film also stars Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor,

00:45Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon, and Willem Lee as Brian May. Lambert also revealed that he

00:50enjoys the parts of the film that he has already seen.

00:52"'What I love is the way that they show the music coming together with the band creating

00:56a song,' he said.

00:57"'I found that really exciting, having now played with Brian May and Roger Taylor for

01:01the last few years. Watching that process be recreated, I thought, was really brilliant.'"

01:05According to the American Idol alum, Malek has done research for the role and has attended

01:09a number of Queen shows.

01:11"'I've met him a couple times now. He's great,' he said.

01:13"'He's really good in the film, too. Very sensitive portrayal.'"

01:16Bohemian Rhapsody, which hits theaters November 2, was originally directed by Bryan Singer,

01:20but he was fired in December after a number of unexplained absences from set. Singer later

01:25said that he was absent from set to tend to a gravely ill parent. Dexter Fletcher ultimately

01:30replaced Singer, though the former director will still get a directing credit.

01:33To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.

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