Rami Malek arrives at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on May 19, 2026, to promote Ira Sachs’s “The Man I Love.” (Credit: Kering group)
Not an assistant or staff member passes in front of him without receiving a smile or a kind word. No request for a selfie or autograph is refused, nor are the endless questions about a possible return of "Mr. Robot" — the techno-thriller that made him a small-screen star more than 10 years ago. "Every day, I realize a little more how lucky I am to be so pampered, respected and complimented, simply by doing my job," Rami Malek says from the outset with disarming humility, in the very middle of the Croisette, that festival of vanities. "If I don't take at least the time to interact politely with someone who wants to approach me, I imagine Nelly, my mother, pulling my ears to put me back in my place. And she would be absolutely right to do so." More like this Julianne Moore: Why I no longer want to make...
Not an assistant or staff member passes in front of him without receiving a smile or a kind word. No request for a selfie or autograph is refused, nor are the endless questions about a possible return of "Mr. Robot" — the techno-thriller that made him a small-screen star more than 10 years ago. "Every day, I realize a little more how lucky I am to be so pampered, respected and complimented, simply by doing my job," Rami Malek says from the outset with disarming humility, in the very middle of the Croisette, that festival of vanities. "If I don't take at least the time to interact politely with someone who wants to approach me, I imagine Nelly, my mother, pulling my ears to put me back in my place. And she would be absolutely right to do so." More like this Julianne Moore: Why I no longer want to...