Rami Malek is playing Freddie Mercury in the Bryan Singer-directed Bohemian Rhapsody, which promises to put the flamboyant singer's private life and storied career under the microscope.

Now, Entertainment Weekly debuts the first look at Malek in Mercury drag.

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Bohemian Rhapsody bows in theaters December 25, 2018 (not a typo). 

If you're into all things past, check out this Instagram, which notes that today would've been the Queen frontman's 71st birthday: