Rami Malek won an Oscar as Freddie Mercury, but fans still prefer him as ‘Mr. Robot’.

Malek won the 2016 Emmy for Best Drama Actor for “Mr. Robot,” and 60% of readers think that’s his greater role. He stars as Elliot, a computer hacker and activist plotting to take down an evil corporation he refers to literally as Evil Corp. But he also has a split personality. He’s also the title character, a more ruthless, anarchic man who’s like the Mr. Hyde to his Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Robot is also played by Christian Slater, and he’s also sort of Elliot’s father — it’s a long story.

"Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man, even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children? Or maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are counterfeit? The world itself's just one big hoax. Spamming each other with our running commentary of bullshit, masquerading as insight, our social media faking as intimacy. Or is it that we voted for this? Not with our rigged elections, but with our things, our property, our money. I'm not saying anything new. We all know why we do this, not because Hunger Games books makes us happy, but because we wanna be sedated. Because it's painful not to pretend, because we're cowards. Fuck society."

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