Aaron Paul has revealed he was set to join Westworld all the way back in season one.
The Breaking Bad actor will join the science-fiction show when season three drops in 2020 but has now admitted that he was ‘such a diehard fan’ of the show that show bosses were ‘trying to come up with a world where I was going to be in the first season’.
‘I was just so deep into negotiations on this other show and the logistics couldn’t work out,’ he said.
‘And then they approached me again for this third season and I was actually deep into negotiations on this other show, so I was reliving the same moment in my life again!
‘I was stressing out because I had to turn Westworld down the first time around.’
Speaking to The Independent, he added that he knew he ‘couldn’t miss out on this second opportunity’.
‘So I sat down with them and they pitched me this character and they pitched me the broad strokes of the arc of the rest of the series. It is insane. This show is so unbelievably ambitious and I walk onto these sets and my jaw is on the floor.’
The 39-year-old’s addition to the epic dystopian drama was announced in 2018 and, obviously, we have so many questions.
Sadly, with absolutely no answers.
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Westworld star Thandie Newton – who won an Emmy in 2018 for her role as Maive Millay – previously admitted she was ‘intrigued’ by Aaron’s casting.
‘We have such strong actors on the show, and to have someone of his caliber… he’s got such great energy,’ she said.
‘I have no idea what character he’s going to play, or anything. So it’s very intriguing, too.’
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