Bohemian Rhapsody’s Rami Malek in NEW movie Papillion with Charlie Hunnam: Exclusive clip

Released in the US over the summer, the biographical movie makes its way to UK shores in time for Christmas; landing on December 21. Directed by Michael Noer, it tells the story of French convict Henry Charriere (Hunnam) and his efforts to escape from the Devil’s Island penal colony with the help of Louis Dega (Malek).

An exclusive new clip from the film sees Hunnam and Malek’s characters interacting, with the pair discussing the all-important topic of escape.

Malek’s Dega is reluctant to join Charriere’s plan, but can he be talked round? Watch above.

Speaking earlier this year, director Noer spoke about the acclaimed work of his actors on the film.

“I was just so baffled, so amazed and so happy that Charlie said he’d seen one of my films and that he really liked it,” he told Collider.

“He liked my second film, called Northwest, which was a gangster movie. His approach to turning filmmaking into a physical experience is just totally in line with how I think and look at films. He was like meeting a brother from another mother.

“And Rami is a unicorn. He’s such a unique figure that you’d have to be blind to not be immediately intrigued by him.

“And then, when you put them together, it’s self-explanatory. It’s great.

“They’re both very bright young men. It’s a buddy movie, but it’s more of a love movie.

“If you cast a buddy movie, you want it to be believable that they’re friends, but they’re not supposed to be friends. They’re not even supposed to like each other.

“What we always talked about was that, if Dega and Papi met each other at a Parisian bar, they would never, ever talk to each other, and if they did, it would only be to insult each other.

“But they end up molding together and becoming one. I thought that was a beautiful, simple story filled with hope and, to this day, still has a lot to say about the world we’re living in now, which has so much division and so many people fighting each other because of differences, and they can’t find a way to work together.”

Papillon is out on December 21 via Signature Entertainment.