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Rami Malek revealed that he was once racially profiled by the Los Angeles Police Department.
“I got thrown on the bonnet of an LAPD cop car because someone had robbed a liquor store and stolen a woman’s bag,” the Oscar winner, 43, recalled in a new interview with The Guardian.
“They said the [thief] was of Latin descent and, ‘You fit the description,’” said Malek. “I remember how hot that engine was, they must have been racing over there and it was almost burning my hands.”
He continued, “My friend, who was Caucasian, was clever enough to go, ‘Actually, sir, he’s Egyptian. Not Latin.’ I remember laughing on the cop car, thinking, ‘OK, this is a very precarious situation. I may well be going to jail for something I’ve not done.’”
Malek did not clarify when the incident took place.
The “Bohemian Rhapsody” star is the son of Egyptian immigrants. He grew up outside of LA.
In the interview, Malek explained that while his dad embraced the US, “there was also a definite … I won’t say alienating yourself from certain aspects of the culture, but definitely not accepting them.”
“I don’t know how you ever get over that,” he added. “I’m what’s called ‘white passing,’ but I have very distinctive features, and we definitely didn’t fit in. I didn’t speak English until I was 5 or 6.”
The “Mr. Robot” star said that his full name — Rami Said Malek — sometimes triggers security alerts when he’s traveling.
“I started to think, ‘What is happening?’ every time I tried to enter a country. These days, there might be a moment. Then they’ll go, ‘Nah, that’s the guy from Bohemian Rhapsody. Let him through,’” he said.
Malek also admitted he’s anxious about Donald Trump returning to the White House due to Trump’s hard stance on immigration, and noted Barack Obama’s journey to becoming president.
“The idea that a man with a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas could become president of the United States, it was one of the most hopeful moments from the story of the American dream,” Malek said. “That’s been flipped on its head. I always look at situations like this and just hope that it brings out the absolute best in us.”
“And, yeah, at times I do feel a bit sad that [my parents] had to make this extraordinary pilgrimage to America to investigate the possibilities,” Malek continued. “And now [my mother is] dealing with, perhaps, a certain sense of repression that they may not have known had they not moved.”