10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Mr. Robot

8. Emmy Rossum Helped Get Malek The Role

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Rami Malek as Elliot is one of the most nuanced and fully realized performances on the small screen. He just fits the role so perfectly, making every little tick or mannerism feel truly human. Malek is so good at playing the anti-social hacker type that it's hard to see him as anything else.

What one might not know however is that Esmail's now wife, Shameless star Emmy Rossum, helped Malek get the role. After seeing his performance in the hit HBO series The Pacific, she was so blown away that she suggested to Esmail him for the character of Elliot.

While she may have given the idea for him to be the series star, it of course wasn't all to her doing that he went on to dawn the black hoodie. In fact, over a hundred actors were considered for the role until the eventually landed on Malek.

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