Rami Malek on "Mr. Robot" Season 2, Favorite Scenes, and Elliot's Voiceovers7 of 11
How did you film that epic Times Square scene in the finale? Was it CGI or did you actually clear out a block of Times Square?
We owned a little part of Times Square that day, which I’m sure was a very expensive piece of real estate. It was a wild experience. When we started, it was packed. We needed it packed at a certain point, which was great. We blocked it off. I don’t think anybody knew what we were shooting at that point because we were still a relative newcomer on the scene, and I don’t know how many episodes had aired, and Christian Slater looked like a filthy homeless man. So, nobody knew who that was, and I don’t think anybody knew who I was. It wasn’t drawing as much attention as, say, Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky. By the end of it, there were a few people left in the area, but for the most part, everybody had dissipated, which was quite special. I was yelling at the top of my lungs in Times Square. I don’t think that [footage] ever got used, but you walk away saying, “Probably won’t get to do that again,” though I do see people yelling in Times Square quite a bit, actually.
We owned a little part of Times Square that day, which I’m sure was a very expensive piece of real estate. It was a wild experience. When we started, it was packed. We needed it packed at a certain point, which was great. We blocked it off. I don’t think anybody knew what we were shooting at that point because we were still a relative newcomer on the scene, and I don’t know how many episodes had aired, and Christian Slater looked like a filthy homeless man. So, nobody knew who that was, and I don’t think anybody knew who I was. It wasn’t drawing as much attention as, say, Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky. By the end of it, there were a few people left in the area, but for the most part, everybody had dissipated, which was quite special. I was yelling at the top of my lungs in Times Square. I don’t think that [footage] ever got used, but you walk away saying, “Probably won’t get to do that again,” though I do see people yelling in Times Square quite a bit, actually.
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