[alan] usa had had this reputation they were the blue sky network. they had all of these shows set in very sunny locales, very lighthearted, and then along comes mr. robot, which is this dark cyberpunk drama about a hacker named elliot, played by rami malek, who is trying to bring down the biggest and worst corporation in the world. [elliot] they re so big, they re literally everywhere. a perfect monster of modern society. [rami] i remember opening up that script, and i could tell this was just special. a young man who was so anxious, but unafraid to take down the system. it just felt powerful. it resonated with me. [elliot] if mr. robot was here, what would he do? the first thing he d tell you is to stop talking to your imaginary friend. that is about as perfect a casting as you re gonna come across. that character had to be brilliant, mercurial, odd, and driven. and he was. [elliot] i m crazy.
and then along comes mr. robot, which is this dark cyberpunk drama about a hacker named elliot, played by rami malek, who is trying to bring down the biggest and worst corporation in the world. [elliot] they re so big, they re literally everywhere. a perfect monster of modern society. [rami] i remember opening up that script, and i could tell this was just special. a young man who was so anxious, but unafraid to take down the system. it just felt powerful. it resonated with me. [elliot] if mr. robot was here, what would he do? the first thing he d tell you is to stop talking to your imaginary friend. that is about as perfect a casting as you re gonna come across. that character had to be brilliant, mercurial, odd, and driven. and he was. [elliot] i m crazy. i have to be crazy because that didn t just happen, right? this is a delusion. is this a delusion? shit, i m a schizo. there s a sense of him being off balance, which keeps the audience off balance.
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