Ira Sachs Cast Rami Malek to Sing in ‘The Man I Love’ Without Seeing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Ira Sachs' film 'The Man I Love' features Rami Malek as a performance artist in the late 1980s New York theater scene. The film explores the vibrant yet tumultuous atmosphere of the time, particularly in relation to the AIDS epidemic. Sachs and his writing partner aimed to capture the essence of their experiences during this formative period in their lives.
- ▪Rami Malek stars as Jimmy George, a fictional performance artist in the film.
- ▪The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is a collaboration between Sachs and Zacharias.
- ▪The character of Jimmy is inspired by real-life performer Ron Vawter, who died of AIDS in 1994.
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| Publication time | Thu, 21 May 2026 20:00:00 +0000 |
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In Ira Sachs’ new film “The Man I Love,” which premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Rami Malek stars as Jimmy George, a fictional New York performance artist in the downtown experimental theater scene of the late 1980s. Ahead of their premiere, Sachs and his longtime writing partner Mauricio Zacharias came by the American Pavilion, presented by IndieWire, and talked about what it was like to be young and gay in New York City in the ’80s and ’90s. “I was hanging out with people who were making plays and writing The Village Voice articles, and going out at night, and then there was this darkness around us because it was the high point of the AIDS epidemic,” said Sachs.
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