Mr. Robot Creator Sam Esmail Breaks Down the Making of His Series in Deep Dive Interview

Jan 27 2021

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If you’re a fan of Mr. Robot and the way creator-writer-director Sam Esmail told his brilliant story about hacker Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek) over four seasons at USA Network, I’m about to make you very happy. That’s because I recently conducted a deep dive interview with Esmail where we talked about everything from how Stanley Kubrick influenced Mr. Robot to why the Back to the Future script is perfect. Of course, since the main reason we spoke was for Mr. Robot, we spent a huge amount of time talking the series including where the idea came from, what it was like for him directing all the episodes in Seasons 2, 3, and 4, why he was so guarded about not telling people the ending, the way the series dealt with mental health, how he came up with episode 407 (which revealed a lot about Elliot and was shot like a play over five days), why we aren't getting a 4k Blu-ray box set anytime soon, and so much more it would be impossible to list it all here.