The Secret Early Lives of Sam Esmail (Rebroadcast)

Director and screenwriter Sam Esmail’s TV series Mr. Robot was an immediate hit when it premiered in 2015, turning him into one of the most in-demand showrunners in Hollywood. But he didn’t have an easy path to that point. Sam was 38 by the time Mr. Robot launched. He’d worked all kinds of jobs -- including a stint as a startup founder -- and seen all kinds of setbacks. Sam tells Alex about the stuff that came before, and about why he couldn’t quit trying to make movies, even when success was a long way off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Secret Early Lives of Sam Esmail (Rebroadcast) is an episode from Without Fail by Gimlet.

This episode is 39:01 long.

This episode was published on Jan 20, 2020.

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