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Westworld Actor on Looks Back on Man in Black Reveal

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Warning: Spoilers Westworld: Season 1 follow.


The secrets of Season 1 of Westworld were locked down tight; not even the actors knew many of the biggest mysteries until they were unfolding in their scripts as they read them. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy told the cast what they needed to know for their performances and led them to certain points without giving anything away. This includes the Man in Black reveal.

Jimmi Simpson played a younger version of Ed Harris' the Man in Black in flashbacks. We saw William's beginnings in the theme park and his turn from a relatively innocent young man into something more sinister. While talking with IGN before the Westworld panel at PaleyFest this past weekend, Simpson said he and Harris were in the dark about their shared character: "We didn't know it was happening until it was happening."

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