Vincent Cassel on the red carpet of “Westworld” season 3 - 20 Minutes

  • Westworld returns in season 3 next March 15.
  • Vincent Cassel will notably be in the casting.
  • "20 Minutes" met him at the red carpet in Los Angeles, to find out more.

From our correspondent in California,

"What can I tell you about this season 3. Um, is that happening in the future? Like all the actors parading on the red carpet in front of the Chinese Theater for the great Hollywood premiere of Westworld , the Scot Tommy Flanagan weighs each of his words this Thursday evening. "I can't say anything, even to my friends," apologizes John Gallagher Jr ( The Newsroom ), who plays a young tech billionaire plagued by inner doubts.

Fortunately for our curiosity, Vincent Cassel does not seem really terrified by confidentiality clauses or possible killer drones, and he reveals a little more about his mysterious character. "I control the world because I got hold of the data from around the world. I know everything about everyone, but my character has the luxury that nobody knows anything about him, ”explains the actor.

So Vincent Cassel, big boss of this season 3? Show runners Jonathan Nolan and his partner Lisa Joy burst out laughing. "It may be right (the interpretation) of Vincent, he is a very ... powerful actor," laughs Nolan. They are the ones who came to look for the Frenchman, who is not just starting out in Hollywood ( Ocean's Twelve and Thirteen , Black Swan , Jason Bourne ). Cassel says: "They told me 'We have a role for you, you would be perfect'. And as soon as they told me the details, where was it going, I said, "I understand why you are calling me." "

"I want you to kill Dolores"

" Welcome to my world. Dolores, I want you to find her and kill her, "orders her character to Thandie Newton in the latest trailer. Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood), who led the rebellion of the hosts (robots) in the previous seasons, seems determined to settle his accounts with humanity with the help of the newcomer Aaron Paul, a worker left on the pavement by futuristic society.

Accustomed to playing the baddies in Hollywood, Cassel assures him, “it is more complicated here than that. His intentions are good, but when you want to save the world from itself without anyone knowing, it can be in trouble. ”

This question of data and the responsibility of companies as powerful as states (Hello Google and Facebook) will be one of the main themes of this season 3, which features fewer cowboys-robots and more flying cars. Jonathan Nolan elaborates: “We were interested in this moment. For years, we have given access to all our data, our intimate thoughts, our relationships, and we are just beginning to measure the consequences of letting companies or individuals collect so much data. Looking back several decades into the future, we see how it affects humanity. Spoiler alert: this future is not happy.

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