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Ed Harris is coming to series TV: The Abyss and Apollo 13 actor has signed on as the Big Bad in HBO’s Westworld reboot.
The four-time Oscar nominee’s character is called The Man in Black, and is described as “the distillation of pure villainy into one man.” He joins previously cast star — and fellow series television newcomer—Anthony Hopkins, along with Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, and Shannon Woodward.
The Warner Bros.-produced sci-fi pilot produced by J.J Abrams, Jerry Weintraub, and Bryan Burk updates Michael Crichton’s 1973 classic film about a theme park where androids fulfill dark human desires. Harris’ description might sound like he’s playing the Yul Brynner killer-cowboy robot role, but it seems like actor Rodrigo Santoro was tapped for that part—and online production rumors suggest The Man in Black is actually a human character who sadistically abuses the androids.
Harris will soon be seen the feature film Run All Night, starring opposite Liam Neeson and Joel Kinnaman. Harris won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy for his work in HBO’s Game Change. [Reply]
So there are a group of guests in the park that have gone full on psycho, or is that just part of the draw for the thrill seekers? That group Teddy ran into at the end of the ep, he unloaded his gun into all of them, but nothing..... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
So there are a group of guests in the park that have gone full on psycho, or is that just part of the draw for the thrill seekers? That group Teddy ran into at the end of the ep, he unloaded his gun into all of them, but nothing.....
It's all speculation which is usually fair game in the media center but after getting hammered over spoilers in the GOT I'm not going to say shit or do anything that might upset someone.
It's all speculation which is usually fair game in the media center but after getting hammered over spoilers in the GOT I'm not going to say shit or do anything that might upset someone.
Spoiler!
I think we should start posting everything only in spoiler tags just to fuck with everyone.
[BRC] Felt like a filler episode but it was still interesting. Some plotlines got moved along. I think sentience is spreading like a...virus. I still feel this way about Ed Harris:[BRC]
Originally Posted by listopencil:
My gut feeling on Ed Harris is that he is a long time customer who is willing to pay a lot of money to go on his own special story-line. That he only appears inhumane to us because we are anthropomorphizing the hosts. He doesn't do that because he sees them in the same way that we would look at an old Teddy Ruxpin, or a character in Grand Theft Auto. Dolores is just the hooker you shoot to get your money back after you kick her out of your car. Harris is jaded and he just doesn't give a shit.
[BRC] I'm still entertained. I'll keep watching.[/BRC] [Reply]
This is going to be one of those shows that I'm going to go back and watch every season before the start of the next season and notice things I've never noticed before.
