SDCC 2017: Westworld Panel Live Blog

Moderator Reggie Watts comes onto the stage and immediately introduces a video.

The footage is a recap of the events that occurred during Season 1, with some bloopers thrown in. After every serious moment, there’s a funny blooper from the cast. The footage ends with Anothony Hopkins dancing.

The cast is introduced. Shannon Woodward, Luke Hemsworth, Angela Sarafyn, Ben Barnes, Jimmi Simpson, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Jonathon Nolan, Lisa Joy, James Marsden, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, Tessa Thompson, Rodrigo Santoro, Simon Quarterman, and Ingrid Bolso Berdal come onto the stage.

Reggie asks what properties influenced Westworld.

“I think we had different ones. It was a good excuse to watch video games. Jonah used it as a chance to get me to play Red Dead Redemption.”

“it was the greatest excuse I had to play video games. I was like, ‘Lisa, we have to play video games. It’s research.’”

Nolan and Joy spend some time talking about the music on the show and how incredible the actors are.

Questions

After being asked about keeping secret, Lisa Joy says it was difficult to keep the character arcs secret from the characters the entire time.

“You guys all busted us at certain points.” -Joy

Evan Rachel Wood says she figured the twists out early and she messed with Lisa in order to get the truth.

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