Is Dan Stevens’ character Alexander Lemtov singing in Eurovision Song Contest ?

Dan Stevens’ persona Alexander Lemtov has stolen the hearts of many in Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.
No one acquainted with Dan Stevens’ previous performances in the likes of 2014’s The Guest or FX’s Legion doubted that the actor would supply his all enjoying a large than lifestyles pop sensation in Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, however, he nonetheless managed to be the focal point of a good deal of the online chatter from viewers who streamed the movie after it landed this June.

In the movie, headlined by using Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams, Stevens performs Alexander Lemtov, an outlandish Russian singer who looks to have a Eurovision win in the bag, however, there’s a lot extra going on beneath the floor of his story, as ‘Mother Russia’ has solely allowed him the degree of freedom and success he’s finished so some distance at the fee of hiding his proper identity.

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The actor defined that he was once supposed to have his voice blended with Swedish singer Eric Mjönes earlier than the movie used to be released, “but then the world obtained grew to become upside-down” and it didn’t happen. Still, Lemtov’s ludicrously sexual Eurovision music ‘Lion of Love’ gave Stevens a lot of perception into the character.

“I ought to right away see the variety of personality that he was, and then we appeared extra into that fashion of performer. Lemtov is now not in particular alien to the Eurovision style, that type of pop/operatic style, fantastically bombastic, very type of sexualized staging. It simply seemed like so a great deal fun.”

Stevens additionally notes that the contest itself has long been a fixture no longer solely in Europe, but in the LGBTQ calendar, and whilst Lemtov’s magnetic character and overall performance is at the enviable center of the annual event, he continues to be in turmoil.

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