

Television Hacking Is 'A Bit Of A Superpower,' Says Creator Of 'Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek as Elliot, a hacker who infiltrates giant corporate computer networks - while also trying to withdraw from the world.

Now in its fourth and final season on the USA Network, Mr. how to get into people's email accounts or people's social media accounts." "Where you're just behind a computer and essentially replacing a social life with that," he says, "it tends to be a slippery slope to then learning. But working in the computer lab sometimes created problems at one point, he was put on academic probation for hacking. It felt safer to talk to people online than in person, Esmail says. In college, he shied away from parties and instead took refuge in the computer lab. Robot, has always identified with computer programming and hacker culture - in part because of his experiences with social anxiety.

Sam Esmail, the creator, lead writer and director of the TV series Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail says portraying Elliot (Rami Malek) in a hooded sweatshirt was a deliberate choice: "That hoodie made us closer to who Elliot was."Įditor's note: This interview contains a racial slur.
