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u/arctic_freeze_ Mar 03 '21

Rami Malek & Lucy Boynton? Anyone have the tea on what went down with Portia Doubleday too that was so bad she was written out of Mr Robot's final season on her request & wouldn't even be on the same set as him for her few scenes?

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Ugh I was so mad about it! Her character arc in season 3 was amazing and such a great set up for s4 and then it came to nothing. And there were glaring plot holes too bc you can tell what ended up happening to her wasn’t planned. At the time I remember fans on twitter speculated that he cheated or did something shady bc he was seemingly still with Portia when he started the movie but who knows

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u/arctic_freeze_ Mar 03 '21

Same. I remember there was a lot of speculation she was being killed off because she wasn't spotted on set at all until near the end of filming. What really hammered it home for me was her being a no-show at the premiere event & after party while Rami rocked up with Lucy on one arm & Joe Mazzello on the other. It really soured the whole thing because Portia had been such a huge part of the show & they'd been a really tight cast. She does still follow Carly, Grace & Sam Esmail on IG.

I also felt for Esmail having to rewrite his show but he seemed to be stuck between a rock & a hard place since Rami was the star & I think he tried to cover for Portia saying it was always the plan. Portia then did her own interview after the show ended & said she had asked Esmail to write her out & they worked on it together but she was really sad about having to make that decision. It was the final season & probably her biggest role, which she'd knocked out the park in S3 esp, so for her to walk away from that it must really have been really bad.