fred di mercury could have turned 72 yesterday.ow rami malek is playing him in "bohemian rhapsody" and i got to rock with the cast in sin city ♪ is this the real life >> i would say this is probably your hardest role to train for? >> yeah, without a shadow of a doubt. to try to step into the shoes required, singing lessons, movement coaching -- >> the fashion. please indulge. the '70s and '80s. did you have a blast? >> we had a competition. usually fred di won, obviously. >> unique. that's me. i just like being -- i'm a big ham. >> "e.t." sat down with the then 36-year-old queen's frontman in 1982. his over the top stage performance was one thing -- effortless. >> i throw myself around, give them wardrobe, that's it. i don't try to analyze what i. the or anything. >> rami told me he had to wear a set of dentures to mimic fred di's teeth. >> what did that do to you? >> reporters would ask him, why don't you have your teeth fixed? a lot of people at school called him bucky. to me, it was necessary and helped understand how a man like