--- title: Mr. Robot: Rami Malek and Robert Downey Jr. Are Friends description: The 'Mr. Robot' breakout star and 'Iron Man' actor get a chance to chat about their friendship and acting styles for 'Interview' magazine. canonical: https://time.com/4404799/mr-robots-rami-malek-and-robert-downey-jr-are-best-buds/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-13T18:56:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:22.823Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Rami Malek and Robert Downey Jr. Are Apparently Best Buds og:description: The 'Mr. Robot' star and 'Iron Man' chat it up for 'Interview' magazine. og:url: https://time.com/4404799/mr-robots-rami-malek-and-robert-downey-jr-are-best-buds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte38ecf3526713c21/69889bcf2dce014ce59e9d4c/rami-malek-mr-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Panel And Reception For USA Network's "Mr Robot" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rami Malek and Robert Downey Jr. Are Apparently Best Buds twitter:description: The 'Mr. Robot' star and 'Iron Man' chat it up for 'Interview' magazine. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte38ecf3526713c21/69889bcf2dce014ce59e9d4c/rami-malek-mr-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Mr. Robot_'s Rami Malek and Robert Downey, Jr. Are Best Buds > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 03: Actors Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin and Portia Doubleday onstage during the Panel & Reception for USA Network's 'Mr. Robot' held at the NeueHouse Hollywood on June 3, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)Mark Davis—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 13, 2016 6:56 PM UTC Just a year ago, [actor Rami Malek](http://time.com/4379485/for-mr-robot-the-devil-is-in-the-details/?iid=sr-link5) was a relative unknown. But the breakout star of USA’s _Mr. Robot_ — which has its [second season premiere](http://time.com/4400521/mr-robot-premiere-season-2-leak/?iid=sr-link1) Tuesday night — is quickly becoming a critical favorite. And there’s this. Did you know that Malek and [_Iron Man_](http://time.com/4394478/iron-man-riri-williams-tony-stark/?iid=sr-link1) star Robert Downey Jr. are actually best buds? In an interview [with _Interview_ magazine](http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/rami-malek-1/#%5F), Downey Jr. has the chance to catch up with his pal Malek. And it turns out that the two intense actors are definitely not strangers. “You turned me into a hero when you came to set,” Malek says about a recent visit Downey Jr. made to see Malek film _Mr. Robot_. “I’m not kidding. They were like, ‘You know him?’ ‘How do you know him?’ I knew it was very cool to know you, but the world started paying me more attention on that day on set.” And it’s not just for show: “I just told them how close we were and that we hang out, we celebrate holidays together, we watch movies together, all of which is true!” Malek elaborates on the guys’ relationship. They even discuss their working styles and the number of takes it requires to get a scene down; Downey Jr. suggested that a movie comprised “entirely of cleaned up first takes” could be “extraordinary.” “That is not a bad idea. That’s the film we do together!” Malek says of the experimental approach. Fingers crossed we’ll get to see these guys work their magic together sometime soon. And maybe it shouldn’t come as such a surprise that they’re friends: both are known for playing somewhat neurotic, tech-savvy savants with an interest in dominating (or saving) the world… although their characters do tend to approach capitalism from different angles. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4404799/mr-robots-rami-malek-and-robert-downey-jr-are-best-buds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4404799/mr-robots-rami-malek-and-robert-downey-jr-are-best-buds/"},"headline":"Mr. Robot's Rami Malek and Robert Downey, Jr. Are Best Buds","datePublished":"2016-07-13T18:56:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:22.823Z","description":"\"We celebrate holidays together, we watch movies together...\"","url":"https://time.com/4404799/mr-robots-rami-malek-and-robert-downey-jr-are-best-buds/","keywords":["celebrities","Newsfeed","Entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte38ecf3526713c21/69889bcf2dce014ce59e9d4c/rami-malek-mr-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte38ecf3526713c21/69889bcf2dce014ce59e9d4c/rami-malek-mr-robot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Panel And Reception For USA Network's \"Mr Robot\"","caption":"Panel And Reception For USA Network's \"Mr Robot\"","creditText":"Mark Davis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4404799/mr-robots-rami-malek-and-robert-downey-jr-are-best-buds/","name":"Mr. Robot's Rami Malek and Robert Downey, Jr. Are Best Buds"}}]}] ```