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<p>With the debut of HBO&#8217;s <em>Westworld </em>right around the corner, the network has now released a new behind-the-scenes video that features insight from the show&#8217;s creators and actors.</p>
<p>Creators and showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy discuss what the show aims to be. Nolan said it&#8217;s a &quot;classic, full-boat western meets a science-fiction film.&quot; It&#8217;s more than that, too. &quot;What happens to a place where you live without limits, supposedly consequence-free?&quot; he asks.</p>
<p><p>&quot;When you open it up, there are these great emotional questions, talking about our deepest fears, our greatest passions, and how we behave when those are challenged,&quot; executive producer JJ Abrams (<em>Lost</em>, <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</em>) adds.</p>
<p>In the show, Anthony Hopkins&#8217; character creates a huge, western theme park of sorts where people can go to live out their fantasies. Previous trailers have<a href="http://ift.tt/2ctw3Tx"> shown sex and murder</a>, among other things.</p>
<p>&quot;If the simulation is immersive enough, would you start discovering things about yourself that you didn&#8217;t want to know?&quot; Nolan says in the video.</p>
<p>Lead actress Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Dolores, said <em>Westworld </em>is supposed to &quot;challenge your views of what&#8217;s right and what&#8217;s wrong.&quot; Hopkins&#8217; character is the one who created the entire world, down to every blade of grass and android that inhabits it. &quot;You can&#8217;t play god without being acquainted with the devil,&quot; he said, referencing the events of <em>Westworld</em>.</p>
<p>A pair of 30-second trailers have also been released and can be seen below.</p>
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<p><em>Westworld</em> also stars Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, James Marsden, and Jeffrey Wright. It premieres on October 2, 2016. It&#8217;s a re-imagining of the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name. Nolan has <a rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/misterpatches/status/630546819865550848">stated</a> that part of his inspiration for the show came from video games such as <a href="http://ift.tt/1GwfdxJ">Red Dead Redemption</a> and <a href="http://ift.tt/1nYbcvy">BioShock</a>.</p>
<p>According to Marsden, <a href="http://ift.tt/2ca83aJ">there are five or six years seasons worth of <em>Westworld </em>mapped out</a>, though only the first season has been announced so far.</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2d6whFI">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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