Rami Malek reveals he was arrested for liquor store robbery in racial profiling incident

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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.