As he told ScreenDaily, that meant some interesting exercises like performing a Queen song in the style of Shakespeare while pretending to be an 18th century French monarch.
Rami Malek’s preparation wasn’t just watching Liza Minnelli in Cabaret either.
Though, I’m not sure whether or not he was supposed to be Marie Antoinette pre or post-beheading.
Polly Bennett tried to instill a quintessential Freddieness into the actor, so that in any given scene, on stage or otherwise, he could be Freddie.