Westworld is taking audiences on a journey through time.
In the July 3 episode of the HBO series, Maeve (Thandiwe Newton) and Caleb (Aaron Paul) step off the train and into the Roaring ’20 s. The duo see flapper-esque hosts strut through the rowdy streets of Chicago, prepared to do the Charleston and consume the night away.
This brand-new park is partially a nod to our existing reemergence from the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to the years we’re presently residing in. But it likewise has its ties to the initial park embeded in the Wild West.
“In so many ways it was a perfect decade to go to,” executive manufacturer Allison Schapker informed E!News “In cinema, I really feel that the gangster is a direct descendant of the Western Gunslinger. And it’s also a time of corruption, law-breaking and, obviously—not just limited to prohibition—but the whole gangster kind of era.”
Plus, Allison stated, “We couldn’t resist all the accoutrements too, like the costumes and Tommy guns.”
