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A role to call his own
拉米·馬雷克的奧斯卡影帝之路
To act is to tell a story – someone else's story.
表演就是講故事 —— 講述他人的故事。
This is what Rami Malek did when he played Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) – the lead singer of legendary UK band Queen – in his latest film Bohemian Rhapsody. And Malek did it well – he took home the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role on Feb 24.
拉米·馬雷克在其新作《波西米亞狂想曲》中出演英國樂隊傳奇“皇后樂隊”主唱佛萊迪·摩克瑞時，便是這么做的。他出色地完成了表演 —— 2月24日，他獲得了奧斯卡金像獎最佳男主角。
In order to tell the story of the rock star as truthfully as possible, Malek had to give his all. The 37-year-old US actor spent hours and hours watching every Queen video he could get his hands on. He hired voice and movement coaches to help him capture Mercury's accent and postures. He took singing lessons because he had to sing at the top of his voice in the film, even if the voice we hear on the soundtrack isn't his: Malek wanted his performance to be as real as possible. And since Mercury had buckteeth, Malek began to wear a set of fake teeth a year before the film even started shooting, just so he could get used to the feeling of speaking with them in.
為了能盡可能地如實演繹這位搖滾明星的故事，馬雷克傾盡了全力。這位37歲的美國演員花了無數個小時，觀看他能找到的所有皇后樂隊的影像。他聘請了聲音和動作教練，幫助自己準確展現摩克瑞的口音和姿態。他參加了聲樂課程，因為他需要在電影中放聲高歌，哪怕我們在原聲帶中聽到的歌聲并不是他的：馬雷克希望自己的表演盡可能真實。由于摩克瑞還有齙牙，馬雷克甚至在電影開拍一年前就戴上了一套假牙，這樣他就能習慣帶著假牙說話的感覺了。
The reason that Malek was so committed to the role is probably that he could relate to Mercury.
馬雷克對這一角色如此上心，或許是因為他能與摩克瑞產生共鳴。
Like the singer, who was born in Zanzibar, Africa, and later moved to London, Malek is from an immigrant family himself. His parents moved from Egypt to the US before Malek was born.
摩克瑞出生在非洲的桑給巴爾島，后來搬到倫敦居住。和這位歌手一樣，馬雷克也來自于一個移民家庭。他的父母在他出生之前，從埃及來到了美國。
"I'm a first generation American. I can understand what it feels like to be different and feel like a fish out of water and struggle to identify who I am in a place where I feel like I didn't necessarily fit in," Malek told ABC News.
“我是第一代美國人。我能理解與眾不同的感覺，就像一條離開水的魚，在一個我感覺未必能融入的環境中掙扎著想知道我是誰，”馬雷克在接受美國廣播公司新聞頻道采訪時曾如此表示。
And maybe because of his background, it was hard for Malek to get leading roles. The small parts he got were stereotypical roles, offered because of Malek's Egyptian origin. These roles include a pharaoh in the Night at the Museum comedy series and a terrorist in the TV drama 24. All of that really upset Malek.
或許是因為他的出身，馬雷克很難能出演主角。他出演的小角色都帶有刻板印象，因為他是埃及裔才找到他。這些角色包括了《博物館奇妙夜》系列喜劇電影中的一位法老，以及電視劇《反恐24小時》中的一名恐怖分子。這一切都讓馬雷克倍感失落。
But this is also why, when Malek won an Oscar this year – especially since he was the first non-white actor in 12 years to win the Best Actor Oscar – the victory came so sweet. And it was sweet for others too: It was seen as a victory for immigrants everywhere.
但這也是為什么馬雷克今年獲得奧斯卡獎這一勝利如此喜人的原因—— 尤其是他成為了奧斯卡12年以來首位非白人影帝。其他人也為此感到高興：這被視為世界各地移民者的勝利。
So perhaps Malek was not just telling someone else's story when he played this role – he was telling his own story too.
所以，馬雷克在飾演這個角色的時候，并不只是在講述別人的故事 —— 他也在講述自己的。
