Emmy Award nominee Evan Rachel Wood returns for the long-delayed, much-anticipated fourth season of HBO’s award-winning, mind-bending drama Westworld. However, Wood isn’t playing Dolores since that character apparently really, truly died in season three. Instead, Wood is now starring as Christina, a character described as a struggling writer.
And, according to Deadline, Christina will be dating a character played by James Marsden who’s not Teddy this time around. Remember, Teddy bit the dust in season two.
Evan Rachel Wood describes Christina as more human than Dolores was in previous seasons. “I think most people come onto the show and are thinking, ‘Oh I wish I was a host,’ and I think the treat for me was actually getting to be vulnerable and somewhat human in season four,” said Wood during an interview with EW.
Wood’s Christina lives in a big city and has a roommate, played by Westworld newcomer and recent Oscar winner Ariana DeBose (West Side Story). Additional confirmed season four cast members include Jeffrey Wright as Bernard Lowe, Angela Sarafyan as Clementine Pennyfeather, Tessa Thompson as Charlotte Hale, Ed Harris as The Man in Black, and Luke Hemsword as Ashley Stubbs. Emmy Award winner Thandiwe Newton returns as Maeve Millay and Aaron Paul is back as Caleb Nichols.
Season one premiered on October 2, 2016, followed by season two in April 2018. Season three aired from March through May 2020, and season four premieres on June 26, 2022 with an episode titled “The Auguries.”
New episodes of the eight episode fourth season will debut on HBO on Sundays at 9pm ET/PT.
Westworld is based on the 1973 film written by Michael Crichton and was created for TV by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. Joy, Nolan, Alison Schapker, Denise Thé, J.J. Abrams, Athena Wickham, Richard J. Lewis, and Ben Stephenson executive produce.
HBO describes the series as “a dark odyssey about the fate of sentient life on earth.” Season four is set seven years after the events in season three.
Check out photos from Westworld season four episode one:
