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C. Read the passage and answer the questions.

Rami Malek knew from a young age that he wanted However, it was the lead role in Mr. Robot, which
to get into acting, “I used to spend a lot of time alone really made him famous. In the series, he plays a
as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my computer hacker, Eliot Alderson, and has won awards
room, and I thought to myself, I’m either going to go including an Emmy for his work in the role. Then, in
absolutely nuts, or I’m going to find something to put 2019, he won the Oscar for his role as Freddie Mercury
that energy into.” in the Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. When
the film was released, it received mixed reviews.
His Egyptian parents had moved to America before Malek’s acting was widely praised, especially for his
Rami was born; his father sold insurance, and his performance imitating Mercury’s Live Aid concert,
mother worked in accounting. Although he didn’t but other aspects of the film, such as the directing
become famous until he was older, he attended and historical accuracy, were criticised. However,
school with other aspiring actors, such as Rachel the film was popular with the public, and the film sold
Bilson and Kirsten Dunst, who had already shot to out when it was shown in cinemas.
fame in Interview with the Vampire.
Malek is quite a reserved celebrity. Although he
Rami started acting on-screen in 2004, when he enjoys meeting people and says he’s the opposite
finished university, with his first role seeing him join of his introverted character in Mr Robot, he avoids
the cast of Gilmore Girls, an American series which social media and has only a handful of pictures on
ran for seven years and followed the lives of a single his Instagram account. On life as an actor, he once
mother and her teenage daughter. In the same year, said, “There are fears in everyone’s job. Ours are
he also did some uncredited voices for the computer in the limelight, and people think we’re incredibly
game Halo 2. Other roles followed, including playing privileged or nuts to do what we do for a living.”
the Egyptian pharaoh Ahkmenrah in the Night at the
Museum films and, more recently, he is known for
voicing Flip McVicker in BoJack Horseman.

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