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Rami Malek made old friend Rachel Bilson take down a photo of him because he “didn’t look good” in it

"Rami was a good friend of mine," she told Dax. "We were [in] the same crew. We did the Crucible together senior year, we were the leads in it together—all these things."

As Rami rose to mega fame following his role in Bohemian Rhapsody, Rachel posted a throwback pic on her Instagram of the two in high school.

In the pic, the two were in New York City and looking pretty excited about being there. She jokingly captioned it, "Hey @ramimalek where'd you get that gold chain? #tbt #oscarworthy #dontforgetthelittlepeople."

"I had posted a throwback of us from our senior trip to New York. We're super nerdy...just the dorkiest picture of the both of us. But I throw it up, 'cause it's funny and I think it's so important to be able to make fun of yourself," Rachel recalled about the photo.

However, it doesn't seem Rami was a fan of her posting it, and he DMed her to take it down.

"It wasn't like, 'Hey! How are you?!' It was straight to: 'I would really appreciate if you take that down. I'm a really private person.'"

DL, do we think Rami was being a bitchy diva?

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by Anonymousreply 194April 12, 2021 5:11 PM

I always find it odd when you see these stars that went to school together.

Kirsten Dunst also went to school with them.

by Anonymousreply 1March 30, 2021 3:22 AM

Ramis is weird, period.

by Anonymousreply 2March 30, 2021 3:24 AM

Rami looks weird so I'm sure he is weird.

by Anonymousreply 3March 30, 2021 3:25 AM

I loved Rachel Bilson on The OC

by Anonymousreply 4March 30, 2021 3:26 AM

Bug Boy! Hope this doesn't bring out the fucking Rami troll. That cunt is insane.

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by Anonymousreply 5March 30, 2021 3:27 AM

Mega fame? More like living in obscure oblivion.

by Anonymousreply 6March 30, 2021 3:28 AM

If somebody doesn't want a photo of themselves posted, the poster should oblige. Not my style, but it's not her right to his likeness...celebrities are a product.

by Anonymousreply 7March 30, 2021 3:28 AM

Whom did he play in The Crucible?

by Anonymousreply 8March 30, 2021 3:28 AM

Goodie Plenty

by Anonymousreply 9March 30, 2021 3:59 AM

I smell cookies.

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by Anonymousreply 10March 30, 2021 4:57 AM

His eyes really bugged out with age.

by Anonymousreply 11March 30, 2021 5:10 AM

He looks much more normal in the throwback pic. This is a “Streisand effect.”

by Anonymousreply 12March 30, 2021 5:15 AM

Good for him for losing all that weight.

by Anonymousreply 13March 30, 2021 5:20 AM

Is that a corduroy button-up shirt he’s wearing?? I can understand his embarrassment.

by Anonymousreply 14March 30, 2021 5:22 AM

R10 He didn't look bad. Bit chubby and very fresh faced. Not as gaunt looking as he does now.

by Anonymousreply 15March 30, 2021 5:28 AM

What is a Rachel Bilson?

by Anonymousreply 16March 30, 2021 5:32 AM

That's before the drugs

by Anonymousreply 17March 30, 2021 5:33 AM

What a fat pig he was.

by Anonymousreply 18March 30, 2021 5:49 AM

What a porker! Oink oink

by Anonymousreply 19March 30, 2021 5:52 AM

I enjoyed a lot about The Little Things (the vibe, Jared's performance)... but not him. He is too fucking weird and ugly to be a leading man.

by Anonymousreply 20March 30, 2021 5:52 AM

Surprising that such a “private person” would agree to these staged shots taken in Whole Foods.

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by Anonymousreply 21March 30, 2021 5:53 AM

[quote] In the pic, the two were in New York City and looking pretty excited about being there. She jokingly captioned it, "Hey @ramimalek where'd you get that gold chain? #tbt #oscarworthy #dontforgetthelittlepeople."

The whole post seems pretty cringe and designed by Bilson as a shameful name-drop to remind people that she’s had the same training as an Oscar nominee I.e. offer me film work of that caliber too!

I’m with ramy on this. She clearly thought she looked good in the photo without giving any thought to how ramy looked by comparison. He knew the photo would end up in the tabloids or as click bait and then take on a life of its own “look how different ramy looked...”

by Anonymousreply 22March 30, 2021 7:00 AM

Haha once you see the picture it makes total sense. It makes him look fat and gay. He definitely could've been nicer about it, but maybe he isn't a big fan of her's to begin with.

by Anonymousreply 23March 30, 2021 7:04 AM

But that's publicity he controlled... and with a woman! He thinks he looks good there plus those photos make him appear desirable to the opposite sex and will help squash any gay rumors. Unlike that "embarrassing" high school photo.

I already didn't like him, but this incident is just more proof he's a smug little prick.

by Anonymousreply 24March 30, 2021 7:07 AM

"I'm a private person." = GAY.

Plus, he was heavier back then.

He's like Ryan Seacrest. Former fatty who is also a closet case.

Pretending that he was neither fat, nor gay.

Ridiculous cunts.

by Anonymousreply 25March 30, 2021 7:12 AM

She apologized and he didnt respond...ass

by Anonymousreply 26March 30, 2021 7:18 AM

R26 the damage was already done!

by Anonymousreply 27March 30, 2021 7:28 AM

What "damage," R27?

It was an innocent picture of kids goofing around.

There was nothing bad or scandalous about that photo.

Rami was just being a diva cunt.

by Anonymousreply 28March 30, 2021 7:34 AM

And now we are all talking, hearing about and viewing this picture which would otherwise have gone completely unnoticed by 99.9999 percent of us. Good job Rami.

by Anonymousreply 29March 30, 2021 7:53 AM

Cunts gotta cunt.

by Anonymousreply 30March 30, 2021 7:55 AM

He’s probably just embarrassed to be associated with a D-lister.

by Anonymousreply 31March 30, 2021 8:47 AM

Him and Lucy Boynton are still together, years later. At this point it’s safe to say it’s a real relationship. Get over yourselves already.

by Anonymousreply 32March 30, 2021 9:17 AM

Ha.....

by Anonymousreply 33March 30, 2021 9:18 AM

They’re still together. And he’s ALWAYS made it a point to keep his personal life private. We all see what happens when celebs don’t.

by Anonymousreply 34March 30, 2021 9:23 AM

And yes, Bohemian Rhapsody made him a household name.

by Anonymousreply 35March 30, 2021 9:23 AM

According to his logic, there should be no photograpic evidence he exists.

by Anonymousreply 36March 30, 2021 10:08 AM

He is very cute, though in that weird way. But, yes, that was a dumb move on his part - no reason to be a rude diva.

by Anonymousreply 37March 30, 2021 10:12 AM

Why’s Bilson drawing attention to it. She clearly has a vendetta against ramy hence the # don’t forget the little people - clearly she wants to remind him how fat he used to be. This is a take down from the OC starlet, who’s the diva!?

by Anonymousreply 38March 30, 2021 10:14 AM

What R22 said.

Plus he was fat in the photo and his PR team probably came down on him like a ton of bricks to get her to take the photo down just before the Oscars. Just because PR teams are like that.

As for Bilson, it's a funny story you tell your friends, not something you leak to the press unless you want to sound bitchy and jealous.

by Anonymousreply 39March 30, 2021 10:21 AM

^^And he was new enough to all this to not push back on his PR team

by Anonymousreply 40March 30, 2021 10:22 AM

Has he ever looked good in a photo?

by Anonymousreply 41March 30, 2021 10:27 AM

She’s a bitch for telling this story after he told her she’s a private person

by Anonymousreply 42March 30, 2021 11:46 AM

[quote] Why’s Bilson drawing attention to it. She clearly has a vendetta against ramy hence the # don’t forget the little people - clearly she wants to remind him how fat he used to be

Besides, shouldn't she be attending to her gay husband?

You know... the one who ruined Star Wars?

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by Anonymousreply 43March 30, 2021 1:07 PM

Rami should get even by seducing Hayden.

by Anonymousreply 44March 30, 2021 1:10 PM

R4 as you should.

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by Anonymousreply 45March 30, 2021 1:24 PM

R43, she and Hayden broke up a while ago. A few years ago she was dating Bill Hader...I don't know what her situation is now.

by Anonymousreply 46March 30, 2021 2:11 PM

I didn't realize that, R46. It was such a quiet break up.

So who is Hayden dating now? I always heard that Rachel and Hayden were in a bearding relationship, and that he had a boyfriend.

by Anonymousreply 47March 30, 2021 2:34 PM

Rami is no household name and seems to be the next Adrian Brody. Bilson has more name recognition than he does especially among Millenials.

by Anonymousreply 48March 30, 2021 2:41 PM

Part of your image is to make you look relatable, and looking like a fresh-faced chubby high schooler in an old pic is catnip to the ladies who read the gossip rags.

If he's clueless enough to think that his image needs those ridiculous Whole Foods photos but not the one of him with his friend having fun, then let him suffer the consequences.

By the way, it's her photo, let's stop pretending like she's an evil bitch queen cunt for posting a picture of herself with her friend.

by Anonymousreply 49March 30, 2021 2:45 PM

[quote] Part of your image is to make you look relatable, and looking like a fresh-faced chubby high schooler in an old pic is catnip to the ladies who read the gossip rags.

Exactly! It's such a cute and natural photo.

And they're both smiling and happy. How could anyone find fault with him in that picture?

Just goes to show you how fucking fake Hollywood is.

by Anonymousreply 50March 30, 2021 2:48 PM

I like Rachel Wilson (loved Hearth of Dixie), but Rami was right. Don't post pics of people without their consent.

by Anonymousreply 51March 30, 2021 3:29 PM

Dang, Rachel Bilson of course.

by Anonymousreply 52March 30, 2021 3:30 PM

Hearth of Dixie? Is that a BW network show?

by Anonymousreply 53March 30, 2021 4:30 PM

There'd be a reason Malek would be concerned about image. He has YSL and Cartier endorsements. Millions of dollars paid to him to solely for his image. What does Bilson have? A Magnum ice-cream endorsement. I suspect she wanted to publicly take him down a peg or two. I think underneath her sunny public exterior there lie demons.

by Anonymousreply 54March 30, 2021 4:53 PM

[quote]Millenials.

Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 55March 30, 2021 5:03 PM

I don't think it's that bad of a photo. But, if he wanted it taken down, she should have done so without making it public.

by Anonymousreply 56March 30, 2021 5:07 PM

I’m sure one of his handlers said he looked like a “fat fag” or something and he spun off immediately doing damage control.

by Anonymousreply 57March 30, 2021 5:14 PM

Why did she tag it with "#dontforgetthelittlepeople"? If she wanted to she could have cut him out of the picture and put it back up, but that it wouldn't get her attention she was looking for.

by Anonymousreply 58March 30, 2021 5:18 PM

r1 Kristen Dunst went to school??!

by Anonymousreply 59March 30, 2021 5:48 PM

r54 In all fairness, fat whores do love Magnum ice cream.

by Anonymousreply 60March 30, 2021 5:49 PM

OMG. He was chubster once?

by Anonymousreply 61March 30, 2021 5:51 PM

[quote] There'd be a reason Malek would be concerned about image. He has YSL and Cartier endorsements. Millions of dollars paid to him to solely for his image.

"Image" being the key word.

Those endorsements are all based on a lie, if he is really some chubby suburbanite from LA.

"Dahhhhling, I'm Rahhhhhmi Malek, the exotic Egyptian representing Yves Saint Laurent and Cartier."

No, bitch. You're Rammi Malik from Reseda.

[quote] I suspect she wanted to publicly take him down a peg or two. I think underneath her sunny public exterior there lie demons.

The only DEMONS are Rami's handlers, trying to make him out to be something that he's not.

They're turning him into a fake ass bitch.

I'm glad that Rachel took him down. He deserves it.

Fuck Hollywood fakes!

by Anonymousreply 62March 30, 2021 6:04 PM

So, he’s a Valley Girl?

by Anonymousreply 63March 30, 2021 7:07 PM

[quote] So, he’s a Valley Girl?

He's not even from the Valley.

Rami is from TORRANCE. That shitty area near LAX.

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by Anonymousreply 64March 30, 2021 7:10 PM

What's funny about the picture is that Rami actually looks more normal with some weight on him.

Once he lost the weight, his eyes bugged out and he started looking like an alien.

He looked healthy when he was heavier.

by Anonymousreply 65March 30, 2021 7:11 PM

Neither one of them comes off particularly well in this story.

by Anonymousreply 66March 30, 2021 7:26 PM

R64 Born in Torrance and settled in Sherman Oaks. Torrance is not near the airport. El Segundo is near the airport.

by Anonymousreply 67March 30, 2021 7:29 PM

Torrance isn’t a shitty area at all lmao.

Bohemian Rhapsody made him a star. The hater can’t change that. Good for him.

I think he’s very beautiful in a weird way.

by Anonymousreply 68March 30, 2021 7:54 PM

^ Define 'star'? Since he won, he fell off the stage that night, finished that TV show nobody watched, was in that Denzel flick that went straight to pay per view, The Bond film has not been released so no bump from that.

Please, define 'STAR'.

by Anonymousreply 69March 30, 2021 8:03 PM

He obviously has an ego but she comes off as desperate. She MUST be hard up for cash who the hell would hire her?

by Anonymousreply 70March 30, 2021 11:48 PM

R69 ummmm you do know why it went straight to PPV, right? I mean, you are aware of your surroundings, no?

by Anonymousreply 71March 30, 2021 11:54 PM

Glad to know he’s as weird as he looks.

I tried watching Mr. Robot and lasted 2 episodes, and to this day I’m mystified by his Oscar win for Bohemian Rhapsody. He wasn't able to embody the physical charisma of Freddie IMO.

by Anonymousreply 72March 31, 2021 6:15 AM

This affects none of us.

by Anonymousreply 73March 31, 2021 6:19 AM

He is a monster.

by Anonymousreply 74March 31, 2021 7:04 AM

I've never heard of him (or her).

by Anonymousreply 75March 31, 2021 7:06 AM

Rami can't hide what he previously looked like. He has an identical twin.

by Anonymousreply 76March 31, 2021 8:35 AM

[quote] There'd be a reason Malek would be concerned about image. He has YSL and Cartier endorsements. Millions of dollars paid to him to solely for his image.

I hardly think he’s going to lose a buck or sustain any damage to his image over some cutesy little pic of himself as a teen.

by Anonymousreply 77March 31, 2021 10:53 AM

He probably felt she was being opportunistic

by Anonymousreply 78March 31, 2021 11:43 AM

Honestly I can understand. I had to ask my mom to take down one of the pics of me she posted that U thought were unflattering of me. It's no big deal. I don't know why she is making a mountain out of a mole hill. Maybe he responded to her that way because she ghosted him or something after SHE made it big on TV before he did in film...

by Anonymousreply 79March 31, 2021 11:55 AM

My sister always demands I take down any photo I post from when we were teens. I never do it.

by Anonymousreply 80March 31, 2021 11:57 AM

I thought it was a bloated Sam Smith in that photo.

by Anonymousreply 81March 31, 2021 11:57 AM

He doesn’t look that white lmao

by Anonymousreply 82March 31, 2021 12:00 PM

I would not have recognized Rami in that pic. I would've thought it's some reject from MTV's Jersey Shore.

Now it makes even more sense why he wanted her to take it down.

by Anonymousreply 83March 31, 2021 12:01 PM

Omg Rami. Love him so much!

The world needed a new type of sex symbol, and one was birthed in 2018 with Bohemian Rhapsody. That film made him a star and sex symbol.

by Anonymousreply 84March 31, 2021 12:03 PM

If Gwyneth Paltrow or Jennifer Aniston were saying this to a high school friend, they would be drawn and quartered.

Rami was being a CUNT.

by Anonymousreply 85March 31, 2021 12:15 PM

If I were a celebrity, I wouldn’t like it if less famous people posted pics with me when we were teens just to glom onto my success. Especially if I looked bad in them.

by Anonymousreply 86March 31, 2021 12:34 PM

But would you be ok with it if it were someone as famous or more famous than you? R86

by Anonymousreply 87March 31, 2021 3:03 PM

Is Rami a faygelah?

by Anonymousreply 88March 31, 2021 3:37 PM

I think he's sexy...he looks great in a suit in The Little Things.

by Anonymousreply 89March 31, 2021 3:39 PM

yes r87 of course you silly billy

by Anonymousreply 90March 31, 2021 3:41 PM

R89 agreed. He’s an attractive man.

by Anonymousreply 91March 31, 2021 3:42 PM

Miss Malek is quite the DIVA, isn't she?

Life imitates art with Rami/Lucy and Freddie/Mary.

Both Freddie and Rami are GAY.

by Anonymousreply 92March 31, 2021 3:43 PM

Let’s hope she has some more ruinous images of him she saving to post and get back at him later, like when he did drag for the High School talent show.

by Anonymousreply 93March 31, 2021 3:43 PM

Rami isn’t gay. Get over it.

by Anonymousreply 94March 31, 2021 3:44 PM

Rami and Ryan Seacrest have a lot in common.

Two fat queens who lost the weight and pretended to be straight.

Both are sad and delusional. :o(

by Anonymousreply 95March 31, 2021 3:45 PM

R85 that would be hilarious. Gwyneth should just put an embarrassing photo up of her and wino... I mean her infamous “frienemy”

by Anonymousreply 96March 31, 2021 3:51 PM

I don't know who ether one of them are.

by Anonymousreply 97March 31, 2021 4:00 PM

Rofl R97.

It's more like Rami Malek saying...

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by Anonymousreply 98March 31, 2021 4:02 PM

She comes off worse telling the story. How dare he not respond!

by Anonymousreply 99March 31, 2021 4:02 PM

So, were they the Mare Winningham and Kevin Spacey of their high school? Was there a production of the Sound of Music in their past?

by Anonymousreply 100March 31, 2021 4:24 PM

Kirsten Dunst went to that same HS and was already established and famous.

by Anonymousreply 101March 31, 2021 6:56 PM

As annoyed as he was that she posted it in the first place he must be 1000X more irritated that she then discussed this in an interview, completely fucking him way more over than the initial picture posting! When he saw that after removing the photo she subsequently gave this interview he must have gone absolutely ballistic (and still is I'm sure).

Who knew Rachel Bilson was the ultimate troll?

by Anonymousreply 102March 31, 2021 6:59 PM

Kirsten and him mention them going to HS together and discuss it briefly within the first minute.

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by Anonymousreply 103March 31, 2021 7:10 PM

According to Kirsten, Rami and Sami (his twin) were major flirts in HS

by Anonymousreply 104March 31, 2021 7:12 PM

WHET the Bohemian Rhapsody sequel?

by Anonymousreply 105March 31, 2021 9:29 PM

Love Rami

by Anonymousreply 106April 1, 2021 8:01 PM

[Quote] She MUST be hard up for cash who the hell would hire her?

She's not some d-list reality star.

by Anonymousreply 107April 2, 2021 7:00 AM

R89 = rami

Hi rami! Nice of you to drop by DL!

by Anonymousreply 108April 2, 2021 7:04 AM

Hasn’t he disappeared yet?

by Anonymousreply 109April 2, 2021 7:11 AM

R109 I'm workin' on it sugar.

by Anonymousreply 110April 2, 2021 8:27 AM

Look at it from his point of view. You're a weird looking Egyptian kid in LA without nothing going for you except a loving family, big dreams, and an iron will in a little critter body. You work and work to better yourself, and are ignored for years, but by sheer talent, bravery, and determination, you finally claw your way into the limelight.

Then look at her: she came from a generational acting family. She had generic good looks and it all mostly came easy, including with the connections. "I don't take myself seriously" she witters. Well, sweetheart, perhaps you never had to. But if you had ever been an ethnic kid growing up in a tiny apartment in Bumfuckleville LA, you just might have a different outlook on life; to have seen it as a battle; and to wish to protect the position you've won by your own guts at all costs.

by Anonymousreply 111April 3, 2021 10:13 AM

is tht why he puckers his mouth in that queer way? to look so very pretty???

by Anonymousreply 112April 3, 2021 10:21 AM

But who IS Rachel Bilson, this has not been answered yet?

by Anonymousreply 113April 3, 2021 11:27 AM

[quote]But who IS Rachel Bilson, this has not been answered yet?

A cookie cutter actress who trades on pertness (throw a rock, hit a dozen), but who is devolving into middle-aged sourness as roles dry up. The eternal LA story.

by Anonymousreply 114April 3, 2021 11:34 AM

I think Lucy Hale needs to have her arrested and thrown in Hollywood jail for stealing her look and most likely going after her parts, if you ask me.

by Anonymousreply 115April 3, 2021 11:38 AM

Rachel Bilson was wrong to publicly announce Rami's request. She now put herself on the wrong list for a starlet, who will want to hire her now?

by Anonymousreply 116April 3, 2021 11:43 AM

R115 um Bilson was before Hale. Not the other way around

by Anonymousreply 117April 3, 2021 11:50 AM

Yeah she was dumb to tell it. Trust is a huge thing in Hollywood. No one wants to work with someone who they feel might rat on them for the sake of a good story. She should know better, but she's only known for a crappy teen series of over a decade ago, in which she was a 'pulling faces' kind of player when it came to subtlety, without the talent to transition to movies, so I guess she's getting scrappy and desperate. And every day, there's more bright things coming off that Greyhound bus. Oh heartbreak town!

by Anonymousreply 118April 3, 2021 11:52 AM

I loved the movie she did with Hayden, Jumper. It was great.

by Anonymousreply 119April 3, 2021 12:03 PM

[quote] But who IS Rachel Bilson, this has not been answered yet?

So look it up, ya lazy sack.

by Anonymousreply 120April 3, 2021 12:32 PM

I can't believe Malek's parents named him and his twin Rami and Sami. How completely fucking goofy.

by Anonymousreply 121April 3, 2021 12:36 PM

[quote] You're a weird looking Egyptian kid in LA without nothing going for you

Oh, DEAR.

by Anonymousreply 122April 3, 2021 12:37 PM

[quote] Look at it from his point of view. You're a weird looking Egyptian kid in LA without nothing going for you except a loving family, big dreams, and an iron will in a little critter body. You work and work to better yourself, and are ignored for years, but by sheer talent, bravery, and determination, you finally claw your way into the limelight

Bull shit.

He was an Emmy-winning star of his own show and had been directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and in multiple films with Tom Hanks and Spike Lee before Oscar was in sniffing distance.

Look at this showmance and carefully constructed tabloid appearances. He was as hard-bitten and ambitious a Hollywood player as faux-naïf ingenues Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain were back in the day.

Having zero sense of humour about oneself as a significant Hollywood figure is a major warning sign that we have another Fish Stick on our hands.

by Anonymousreply 123April 3, 2021 1:54 PM

R123 Mr Robot came in like 2016. Baby, she hit it big with The OC in 2004. But keep it up.

by Anonymousreply 124April 3, 2021 2:03 PM

^Eh? Where did I say he didn’t?

by Anonymousreply 125April 3, 2021 3:44 PM

In terms of Hollywood success, and what causes some actors succeed, rather than others, Malek is a really fascinating case. Why should this nerdy little being become a star, while others don't, despite possibly having talent?

He only achieved a measure of fame in 2016 with Mr Robot, when he was in his late 30s. His excellent prior work in The Pacific, and other subsequent roles had marked him as a person of talent, and also a popular acting colleague, but as he admitted, by that time he had resigned himself to being one of the zillions of jobbing actors who gain a steady income, but never get the roles to climb above the parapet into fame.

Then along came the role of Mr Robot for which 100 actors had auditioned, but which fitted him like a glove, and made his name. And gave him the respect which every actor craves. Then Bohemian Rhapsody pushed him into the A List. But it was a long twenty year road where nothing was ever guaranteed.

There's a podcast interview with a makeup artist who was an early girlfriend, who admits he's a weird guy and says she was asked by another friend who was an actress: "Why do you think Rami made it and I didn't?", and she says she replied that it was because he was utterly focused, and would lock himself away, and punish himself rehearsing for days for auditions. There's a podcast interview with a former agent who says the same thing.

He undoubtedly was/is wracked with self doubt like most actors, but all along he has had this driving implacable will to better himself. That's the difference. And that's what I think Bilson has no comprehension of. It's not narcissism. It's protection of the personal brand image and respect that he's laboured his whole life to achieve. It's easy to laugh at it, and just say 'stop taking yourself seriously', when you haven't been on that lonely journey, and suffered endless rejections. He said he went years with only hearing 'No'. It would be soul crushing. So I'd cut him some slack. He never had the support and experience of acting parents and their connections like Bilson, or her generic castable appearance. His life hasn't been easy, and he deserves all that's come to him. I think he's completely lost in The Little Things, but every great actor has the right to fail. Just look at Dench or Meryl, who can be both fantastic and terrible. I wanted to throw a book at the screen watching Dench phone in her performance in Pride And Prejudice.

by Anonymousreply 126April 4, 2021 9:36 AM

I can relate to Rami.

by Anonymousreply 127April 4, 2021 10:00 AM

There is no way to tell how to become a star. The biggest aspect is having star quality. Talent means nothing in the end.

by Anonymousreply 128April 4, 2021 10:00 AM

To become a film star several factors can come into play but luck is a big factor even for the most talented.

by Anonymousreply 129April 4, 2021 10:05 AM

[quote] He undoubtedly was/is wracked with self doubt like most actors, but all along he has had this driving implacable will to better himself. That's the difference. And that's what I think Bilson has no comprehension of. It's not narcissism. It's protection of the personal brand image and respect that he's laboured his whole life to achieve.

Everyone who has achieved success in Hollywood is like this, that’s the thing. Rami is not an original precious snowflake, even prior to Mr Robot he had a career as a jobbing actor that 99% of actors would kill for. It is narcissism because if he doesn’t understand that if he didn’t have the vapours at one picture of him as a his greasy teenage guido he’d be more relatable and thus more marketable. But keep inviting the paparazzi to Whole Foods fam.

by Anonymousreply 130April 4, 2021 10:11 AM

Not everyone is like this. At all. Most of them are from a family of actors or have some connections.

He didn’t. She did.

by Anonymousreply 131April 4, 2021 10:16 AM

Geez, everybody seems to be making so much of this. She simply got offended that he didn’t kiss her ass after she tagged him in a photo. It seems to be an unwritten rule in Hollywood that if a fellow celeb tags you in a photo you should get all drew Barrymore and reminisce about how much you love your bread, you love your butter but most of all you love each other.

He didn’t and therefore she got her revenge by talking to the press implying that he was too big for his boots.

by Anonymousreply 132April 4, 2021 10:44 AM

Maybe he’s still in Mr. Robot mode, does anyone know how to deactivate him?

by Anonymousreply 133April 4, 2021 10:46 AM

Literally (and by literally, I do mean literally), everyone who gains stardom and ongoing success in Hollywood is ambitious and focused.

The idea that poor widdle Rami is some lamb whose careerpath is so unusual, and background so deprived, that his thirst and vanity isn’t thirst and vanity isn’t convincing anyone who isn’t a fan.

by Anonymousreply 134April 4, 2021 11:00 AM

I love that he tried to be a dick to Rachel and she thought fuuuuck you buddy, I’m telling everyone what an uptight cunt you are.

Rachel for the win on this one

by Anonymousreply 135April 4, 2021 11:45 AM

[quote] He undoubtedly was/is wracked with self doubt like most actors, but all along he has had this driving implacable will to better himself. That's the difference. And that's what I think Bilson has no comprehension of. It's not narcissism. It's protection of the personal brand image and respect that he's laboured his whole life to achieve. It's easy to laugh at it, and just say 'stop taking yourself seriously', when you haven't been on that lonely journey, and suffered endless rejections. He said he went years with only hearing 'No'. It would be soul crushing. So I'd cut him some slack. He never had the support and experience of acting parents and their connections like Bilson, or her generic castable appearance. His life hasn't been easy, and he deserves all that's come to him.

JFC, you sap. It's not like Malek was the poor little match girl panhandling for pennies on the frigid sidewalk until Mr. Robot and Bohemian Rhapsody came along. And this photo thing just isn't a big deal. It's not a big deal that Bilson posted a photo of herself and Rami as cute little geeky high school buddies. (if you ask me, he looked better then than he does now.) It's not a big deal that he asked her to take it down; plenty of people are self-conscious about that kind of thing. It was kind of shitty of her to tell the story, but it's a trivial "offense" and not anything people are going to remember five minutes from now. And you know, maybe she'd have been cooler about it if he'd been a little light-hearted about asking.

Whatever the case, this is NOT something that is going to affect either actor's career in any way. It's nuts what a tempest in a teapot some of you drama queens have made of it.

by Anonymousreply 136April 4, 2021 11:54 AM

That's the first photo I see of him where he looks normal, like a regular guy. Was it Graves disease that turned him into an exophthalmic frog?

by Anonymousreply 137April 4, 2021 12:09 PM

Quite frankly how he was ever able to show his face after he fell off the stage is beyond me. If I did that I would have gone into seclusion for the rest of my life.

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by Anonymousreply 138April 4, 2021 12:12 PM

R138 get over it. The ceremony was done already. He was tipsy

by Anonymousreply 139April 4, 2021 12:47 PM

Do you think he was embarrassed about that while it was happening? I once tripped on stage after I gave a piano recital in middle school and wanted to crawl into a hole and pull it in after me.

by Anonymousreply 140April 4, 2021 1:01 PM

R137 gets 10 marks for the use of ‘exophthalmic‘ but we’re deducting 5 marks for it use in ‘exophthalmic frog’, which is something of a tautology. But excellent snarking!

Carry on.

by Anonymousreply 141April 4, 2021 3:59 PM

Bilson sounds exhausting.

by Anonymousreply 142April 4, 2021 4:05 PM

R140 thats you. Not everyone is like you. I would be embarrassed but get up and laugh it off.

Some would probably give zero fucks.

by Anonymousreply 143April 4, 2021 4:07 PM

R138 - But you have never or will ever win an Oscar so your massive disappearance of 400 lbs will mean nothing to us.

by Anonymousreply 144April 4, 2021 4:11 PM

omg look at that weird thing he does with his lover jaw.....wtf????? missing bunch of teeth???? crack damage??

by Anonymousreply 145April 4, 2021 4:27 PM

To me it sounded like she was more upset at the tone of his message— from what she said they were really close friends and it wasn’t a message like “Hey, how are you? Sorry to bother you but do you mind taking the picture down? I know you didn’t mean any harm I just find it really embarrassing” it was a very abrupt “Please take the picture down, I’m a very private person”

by Anonymousreply 146April 4, 2021 10:48 PM

cant see him havin a long term A plus career.....

by Anonymousreply 147April 4, 2021 10:48 PM

R10 the headline reads "Rami Malek is Rocking a Strong Look." Is that PC talk for fat?

by Anonymousreply 148April 4, 2021 11:13 PM

He looks cute in the picture to me. More relatable in a way. He seem a little uptight to me.

by Anonymousreply 149April 4, 2021 11:30 PM

He used to not be uptight but he seems to be more uptight as he finds more success.

by Anonymousreply 150April 4, 2021 11:31 PM

too much cigs n coffee n xxxx

by Anonymousreply 151April 5, 2021 12:07 AM

r150, that's the case for countless stars. So many that I can't even think of them all.

by Anonymousreply 152April 5, 2021 12:09 AM

I think the people of old Hollywood who made glamours stars would weep in sadness over someone like Rami. They would want him to be a Bela Lugosi and play monsters.

by Anonymousreply 153April 5, 2021 12:11 AM

Why do you suppose?

by Anonymousreply 154April 5, 2021 12:11 AM

[quote] He used to not be uptight

I suspect he’s always been an anxious person. And as the stakes get bigger, the anxiety increases. Getting to play a James Bond villain is one of the best gigs in the world, but there would always be the awful fear you stuff it up. I read an interview where he said that, due to scheduling he arrived late in the production, and felt the pressure of being an outsider, and expectations. He said he had to ask if they could hold a moment on one of the gigantic lair sets so he could take it all in. With everything hanging on you, that would be thrilling and terrifying.

by Anonymousreply 155April 5, 2021 12:26 AM

Yes. He began filming a few weeks into production because he was still filming the final season of Mr. Robot.

by Anonymousreply 156April 5, 2021 12:29 AM

Maybe he was offended by the hashtags too. I don’t see why he owes a big message to bilson, people move on in life they don’t constantly have to bring up a day that they spent together which obviously meant more to her than to him. She’s giving me Glenn close vibes in fatal attraction.

Could she be borderline?

by Anonymousreply 157April 5, 2021 7:32 AM

she has made him a fat joke since he made a big deal bout it......ha ha

by Anonymousreply 158April 5, 2021 7:43 AM

R158 How do you mean?

by Anonymousreply 159April 5, 2021 10:31 AM

R138 All my years up on the Oscar stage I've never done that. Nor have I worn a gold dress and lost.

by Anonymousreply 160April 5, 2021 10:33 AM

Where he looking at? Jake Mulaney?

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by Anonymousreply 161April 5, 2021 10:38 AM

[Quote] She’s giving me Glenn close vibes in fatal attraction. Could she be borderline?

Based on what???

by Anonymousreply 162April 5, 2021 11:49 AM

If I had small children I would keep him away from them so as for them not to be frighted. Maybe just a quick viewing on Halloween alone.

by Anonymousreply 163April 5, 2021 11:54 AM

R162 she feels slighted by him so she blasts him publicly drawing attention to the issue and making it a bigger deal than it was. The hashtags scream desperation “don’t forget about me!!”

by Anonymousreply 164April 5, 2021 1:18 PM
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by Anonymousreply 165April 5, 2021 2:22 PM

It's

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by Anonymousreply 166April 6, 2021 10:38 AM

It's amusing that he hates looking a guido, but has no problem looking disfigured!

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by Anonymousreply 167April 6, 2021 10:41 AM

You guys are over thinking his motivation.

The bottom line is that he used to be FAT, and he's ashamed of it.

He lost the weight, and didn't want people to be reminded that he was a fat tub of lardass, and so he demanded that Rachel take it down.

In my opinion, she should have left it up and posted more of his fat photos.

Then she could have a good laugh at him.

Fucking lardass.

by Anonymousreply 168April 6, 2021 10:46 AM

Don't do something that embarrasses a friend

She's a silly and obnoxious. Always has been.. She can't even get work and uses her child support from Hayden Christianson to support herself

by Anonymousreply 169April 6, 2021 10:49 AM

[quote]Fucking lardass.

This is exactly why Henry Cavill lies low.

by Anonymousreply 170April 6, 2021 10:50 AM

[quote]uses her child support from Hayden Christianson to support herself

That would be the same Hayden Christianson, the once slip of a young thing, who was, in no certain terms, repeatedly labelled here: "Gay, gay, gay; I know for a fact he's gay; embarrassingly this-is-why-they-hate-us gay; his dog is gay; he collects Barbis; I've slept with him and his best friend; he lights up Christmas trees just by walking past them; etc., etc." ?

by Anonymousreply 171April 6, 2021 10:55 AM

[quote]His eyes really bugged out with age.

And weight loss.

by Anonymousreply 172April 6, 2021 11:27 AM

Growing up fat in the Valley in the 90s must have been its own kind of punishment, but it also seems to have left him humorless.

by Anonymousreply 173April 6, 2021 11:33 AM

Probably projection, r162. I doubt that r157 is anything so extreme as a borderline but he’s certainly got a few bats in his belfry if posting one goofy pic of your hs buddy and yourself, one time, gives him “Fatal Attraction” vibes and constitutes “constantly” bringing up the day the pic was taken. MARY!!

by Anonymousreply 174April 6, 2021 11:34 AM

He's gay. He's gay and has a broad policy of keeping his pre-fame shit undercover. He's morbidly afraid that her post could trigger past friends to start posting their albums and in there could be the smoking gun that outs him

by Anonymousreply 175April 6, 2021 11:45 AM

[Quote] She can't even get work and uses her child support from Hayden Christianson to support herself

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by Anonymousreply 176April 6, 2021 11:51 AM

Christensen looks cute but having an out-of-wedlock child and paying child support is unattractive.

by Anonymousreply 177April 6, 2021 12:08 PM

WHET Rami-is-bug-eyed-troll?

by Anonymousreply 178April 6, 2021 2:45 PM

R178 are you sure you arent him?

by Anonymousreply 179April 6, 2021 3:19 PM

uh....is he on the spectrum) ?

by Anonymousreply 180April 6, 2021 5:41 PM

R180 I think he’s on a couple different spectrums.

by Anonymousreply 181April 6, 2021 5:53 PM

No. He’s still living a quiet and private life with Lucy

by Anonymousreply 182April 6, 2021 5:55 PM

R182 But sneaking around with Linus.

by Anonymousreply 183April 6, 2021 5:58 PM

Rami's career is going to tank after this.

Nobody in Hollywood wants to work with such a diva.

Especially not right now.

by Anonymousreply 184April 6, 2021 5:59 PM

they regret givin him the villain role in james bond.....its weak, thats why its not released......flop

by Anonymousreply 185April 6, 2021 6:23 PM

Page 6 says he's in Miami. The city of whores and lost hopes!

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by Anonymousreply 186April 6, 2021 7:18 PM

On Twitter there's a blitzrieg of posts happening under the hashtag #MwahForMalek

Presumably the critter version of Leave Brittany Alone.

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by Anonymousreply 187April 6, 2021 7:34 PM

This is great.

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by Anonymousreply 188April 9, 2021 5:15 PM

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by Anonymousreply 189April 9, 2021 5:41 PM

R185 no

by Anonymousreply 190April 9, 2021 5:43 PM

That’s fine. Not everyone wants to throw their awkward years up all over the internet for strangers to see.

It’s actually kind of charming that he wasn’t jumping over himself for this opportunity to look approachable.

by Anonymousreply 191April 9, 2021 5:45 PM

R191 agree

by Anonymousreply 192April 9, 2021 5:49 PM

There’s another reason he’d want to be in control of his image.

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by Anonymousreply 193April 12, 2021 11:20 AM

R193 He sounds like a watch expert

by Anonymousreply 194April 12, 2021 5:11 PM
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