Westworld creator confirms ‘Dolores is gone’ and ‘season 4 looks very different’ after major finale twist
WESTWORLD’S creator has confirmed “Dolores is gone” – but teased the actress who plays her may still return for a season 4 which will look “very different” to all that came before it.
Season 3 of HBO’s dystopian Wild West drama ended in an explosive finale on Monday on Sky Atlantic.
It saw Evan Rachel Wood's popular character Dolores destroy the artificial intelligence program Rehoboam, while erasing herself from existence at the same time.
Viewers fearing it was the last they’d seen of Dolores may be left upset at co-creator Jonathan Nolan’s latest comments.
But Nolan had a sliver of good news for fans of actress Evan Rachel Wood, 32.
Nolan told that although "Dolores is gone", he "f*****g hopes" Wood isn't.
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He said: "Let me clarify: Dolores is gone.
"We're not yet discussing publicly the direction the show is taking, but the fun thing about this show is, you know, from the beginning [we] wanted to make a show that constantly reinvented itself, that could be a different show every season."
Explaining how death is "impermanent" in Westworld, Nolan said Dolores fate served to remind viewers that its characters "are robots, after all".
The 43-year-old went on: "I think it's important with a show in which death can be impermanent – these are robots, after all – to mark the occasion with Dolores.
"That version of that character is gone."
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Fortunately, with a fourth season of Westworld confirmed by HBO last month, there could be good news coming for fans of Rachel Wood, as Nolan suggested her role in the series may be re-imagined.
He said: "We love Evan Rachel Wood and we haven't started talking publicly about exactly what the show looks like going forward.
“But it looks very different.”
Westworld season 3 is available to stream in full on NOW TV.