‘Westworld’: The Characters We Love (Or Love To Hate)

With Westworld’s fourth season teaser trailer out, we thought we’d revisit the characters we love and love to hate from HBO’s sci-fi series. In case you’ve never watched it, Westworld isn’t your typical amusement park. Intended for rich vacationers, the futuristic park — which is looked after by robotic “hosts” — allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. No matter how illicit the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the park’s guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged. Eventually, the hosts get ou of the park into the “real” world, causing chaos. Westworld is based on the 1973 Michael Crichton movie of the same name and features an all-star cast including Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Thandiwe Newton, Tessa Thompson and Aaron Paul.

• Dolores Abernathy

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  Dolores Abernathy, also known as Wyatt or the Deathbringer, is played by Evan Rachel Wood. In the Westworld park she plays the part of a wholesome and beautiful rancher's daughter who then led Wyatt's gang against the Westworld staff and human guests. After leaving the park, she starts a revolution.

• Charlotte Hale

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  Charlotte Hale, played by Tessa Thompson, is the former Executive Director of the board of Delos Destinations, Inc. She was sent to the Westworld park to deal with the Host Uprising. Later, a host replica of Charlotte Hale was created by Bernard Lowe to carry a version of Dolores Abernathy, who he had "killed" in the Forge.

• Maeve Millay

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  Maeve Millay is portrayed by English actress, Thandiwe Newton. She is one of the most prominent characters featured in the series as a host who acts as the madam of Sweetwater, the largest town in Westworld. She is one of the first hosts who appears to question her reality, after a series of flashback events.
• The Man In Black

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  The Man in Black, AKA William, is played by Ed Harris. He is a Westworld veteran who has been visiting the park for over 30 years and believes that the original park creator, Arnold, hid some mystery in the park before he died 34 years earlier.

• Bernard Lowe

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  Bernard Lowe, played by Jeffrey Wright, was created by Westworld creator Dr. Robert Ford. Ford programmed Bernard to think of himself as a human. Bernard was unaware that he was a host initially, and worked as the head of Delos' Westworld Programming Division.

• Ashley Stubbs

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  Luke Hemsworth plays Ashley Stubbs, Head of the Westworld Quality Assurance Security Force. Though seemingly distrustful of Hosts, it is eventually revealed that he is actually one of them, built by Robert Ford.
• Ash James and Caleb Nichols

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  Played by Lena Waithe, Ash is a criminal who works through Rico app to make money for her living. She is involved in the rioting around the Incite building, and helps Caleb Nichols (played by Aaron Paul) get closer to the building in a bid to carry out Dolores Abernathy's plan.

• Musashi

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  Musashi (Hiroyuki Sanada) was created by Lee Sizemore as Shōgunworld's counterpart to Hector Escaton. Musashi contains a copy of Dolores' pearl (one of the five pearls Dolores took with her when she escaped the Parks).

• Hanaryo

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  Originally a host from Shōgunworld, Hanaryo (Tao Okamoto) develops a strong bond with Maeve. Later, in season three, Maeve chooses her as one of her friends to resurrect. Similar with Armistince to Hector, Hanaryo shows the upmost respect and loyalty to Musashi.
• Engerraund Serac

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  Trillionaire Engerraund Serac (Vincent Cassel) serves as the main antagonist of the third season. It is also revealed that he foresaw the Host Uprising and is the figure for whom Charlotte Hale was attempting to smuggle guests' data out of the park in the first two seasons.