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1. There’s nothing like it. There’s very little to compare it to.

He’s been a massive part of my comedic upbringing, so I was absolutely delighted. There’s often a country that will come with a protest element or some kind of statement with an underlying political context. His spoken voice is very much based on some European characters I’ve met over the years. That’s a hard one. People are aware and, awareness is only getting greater, which is a good thing.It’s a lovely place to be. “It’s a kind of safe haven for a lot of people in that sense. Oh, my gosh, I can't get it out of my head,' " Ferrell says. There's nothing else really like it.

Still, Lemtov’s ludicrously sexual “I could immediately see the kind of character that he was, and then we looked more into that style of performer. I love hair braiding.” He has all these ridiculous hobbies that somehow he found the time to cultivate. Very often, it will produce a character like Lemtov. He's kind of the Russian George Michael. "For the Icelandic rock dreamer Lars, Ferrell felt the need for a full mane, fighting for the right to wig out. And that’s something that’s really, really celebrated.

A line like Lemtov’s is just a nod to it. It’s wonderful watching him do his thing. His improv style is incredible to watch and to learn from, but he’s also very generous.

How people live their public persona versus their private persona — there are still, to this day, in a lot of cultures, performers who live with that conflict.”

"It's bigger than the Super Bowl, 180 million viewers, a full-on rock concert and TV show. Oh my god. His spoken voice is very much based on some European characters I’ve met over the years.

Once they played me the song [“Lion of Love”], I was all in.It’s a more European thing. Those are both great soaring baritone ballads written for a voice like mine. But hair braiding just seemed like a great pastime to have, and something that he could be doing while sleeping in bed that wasn’t necessarily sexual.Yes, that’s the great skill of the bitchy European class. ""It's like, 'Wait, is this a good song?

It’s such an extraordinary pattern of both musical talents and glitz and glamour. Ahead of it's UK release, he is starring in a Netflix spoof film. "When Dan finally saw the movie, he texted me saying, " 'I can't believe we succeeded, I never actually wore a shirt the entire film,' " Dobkin says.McAdams shows her comedic chops while revealing power vocal training and the ability to play both her guitar and piano. It's a far cry from 'Downton Abbey.' "It's very real in a way, yet so over-the-top. Forget him as the Beast in Beauty and the Beast. Dan Stevens' character Alexander Lemtov has stolen the hearts of many in Netflix's Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga By Kirsten Howard | … Kirsten Howard has been a news editor and social manager at Den of Geek UK since 2016 I guess that is his tragedy, and that’s what I thought made him such a well-rounded character, rather than just making him all-out absurd.

And while he … He keeps things very ego-free, very playful, very silly. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Very often, it will produce a character like Lemtov. "His performance is insane," Ferrell says. “Lion of Love” and “Evermore” are probably tied for second. HBO has a fantastic documentary “Welcome to Chechnya,” which is all about this horrific human rights abuse that is happing in Russia. “Lion of Love” I’m deeply fond of, obviously. Read Next: ‘The August Virgin’ Review: Spend a Quiet Month in Madrid With This Late-Summer Breather "Yet it's right in step with the flamboyant real-life song contest, which pits singers from mostly European nations in a televised multinight pop contest that has launched the careers of Celine Dion (representing Switzerland in 1988) and ABBA (representing Sweden in 1974).

Ferrell was introduced to the madness when his Swedish wife, Viveca Paulin, switched on the finale during the couple's 1998 visit. John Wilson/NETFLIX—© 2020 Netflix, Inc. “Be Our Guest” is great, but I didn’t sing on that one or “Double Trouble,” but they’re deeply catchy. A line like Lemtov’s is just a nod to it. And a big feature of that is the opera-pop crossover. “Will, ever since he first saw The actor explained that he was supposed to have his voice blended with Swedish singer Eric Mjönes’ before the film was released, “but then the world got turned upside down” and it didn’t happen. There’s very little to compare it to. Lemtov is not particularly alien to the Stevens also notes that the contest itself has long been a fixture not only in Europe, but in the LGBTQ calendar, and while Lemtov’s magnetic personality and performance is at the enviable centre of the annual event, he continues to be in turmoil.“The other thing to note is how important the song contest is to the LGBTQ community. It’s just a sort of cultural happening. They have a huge following in that community in Europe, and around the world. He leaves plenty of room for people like myself and Rachel and Melissa [Mahut] to really play and bring our thing as well.“Ja Ja Ding Dong” has to be up there. I think if you look back at performers here back in the ‘80s, a lot of people didn’t think George Michael was gay. There’s nothing like it.

Definitely running through Eurovision, there is a thick theme of Europop. He’s got a certain attitude to the world, which I think comes from ridiculous wealth. And a big feature of that is the opera-pop crossover.

We kind of liked that he would just keep throwing out these things like, “Oh yeah, I love ancient history. [Director] David Dobkin was aware of my work, and I was a huge Will Ferrell fan growing up. “Ja Ja Ding Dong” is definitely No. “Be Our Guest” is great, but I didn’t sing on that one or “Double Trouble,” but they’re deeply catchy. It’s such an extraordinary pattern of both musical talents and glitz and glamour. And then there’s always a ridiculous element as well — some country will submit something that’s really off the charts.