Rami Malek on Mr. Robot, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Dressing As Prince | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, actor Rami Malek recalls sharing a smoke with, and receiving some key advice from, the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman while they filmed 'The Master.' Plus, he recounts seeing 'The Shining' as a child and being terrified, but also kind of turned on. Transcript Two years ago, I was Prince for Halloween. I mostly wore women's clothing, and these purple velvet shoes I found that were entirely too small for my feet, which gave me a concept of what it's like for women going out sometime. I went there. It didn't so much change my mood as the people around me. I felt like I was more accessible to a number of people that I wasn't in the past. Oh, some of the best roles I've ever played have just been in five minute auditions that no one's ever seen. The amount of times I've gotten, you know, into my car or on the train after an audition and just like wanted to scream, or screamed, or even cried at times, it was just like, but it's good, I mean, hearing no that many times really, it builds you a skin that puts you ready to take on anything in the world. You know what I loved about Mr. Robot is that it read like a play. From the beginning, I was immersed in it, and then, there were so many layers to this character, I was like, this guy's a gift for an actor. It's that thing I call the joker in the hand. You know, that's the card you want, and yeah, that's what it was for me. People definitely ask we