Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek has spoken on the allegations of sexual assault levied in opposition to the movie’s director, Bryan Singer, which have been revealed in The Atlantic final month. During a dialogue on the Santa Barbara International Film Festival yesterday, Malek was requested concerning the allegations by the Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg. “My heart goes out to anyone who has to live through anything like what I’ve heard and what is out there. It’s awful, it’s remarkable that this happens, I can appreciate so much what they’ve been through and how difficult this must be for them,” Malek stated. “In the light of the Me Too era, that this somehow seems to exist after that, it’s a horrible thing.”
In the January report, Singer was accused by 4 males of sexually assaulting them after they have been minors. Shortly after it was revealed, Singer issued a denial, writing, “It isn’t any shock that, with Bohemian Rhapsody being an award-winning hit, this homophobic smear piece has been conveniently timed to benefit from its success.”
At the top of 2017, production on the film was halted earlier than Singer was in the end fired as a result of “unexpected unavailability.” When information of his termination broke, it was additionally reported that he and Malek had clashed on set, together with an reported occasion the place Singer threw an object at Malek throughout a confrontation. Malek addressed that as effectively. “I’ve sat here and talked about how everyone deserves a voice and anyone who wants to talk about what happened with Bryan deserves to have their voice heard,” the actor stated. “In my situation with Bryan, it was not pleasant, not at all. And that’s about what I can say about it at this point.”
After the allegations in opposition to Singer have been reported in January, Queen guitarist Brian May appeared to defend the director on Instagram, writing to a fan, “You need to learn to respect the fact that a man or woman is innocent until proven guilty.” He subsequently apologized for and retracted his comments. Bohemian Rhapsody was removed from the nominations of this 12 months’s GLAAD Media Awards following the allegations.
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