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Spoilers for season two, episode four ofWestworldbelow.
Elsie lives!Yes!
Absurd amount of time to be like, I dont know, people!
It was a test of character.
They just dont know in what capacity, so.
Right, with all the flashbacks and cycling narratives and such.The body printing.
Maybe you cant answer this, but what exactly happened to Elsie?
She was abandoned with a bunch of protein bars and a bucket and a chain.
Essentially becoming incredibly dehydrated.
Yeah, just the protein bars.
No water.I mean, yeah.
I asked, I was like, Is the bucket for water or for excrement?
Theyre like, Its probably for the excrement.
I mean, I cant imagine.
It seems like quite a sad state of affairs.
Shes just a humble employee.
Shes trying her best.Come on, guys.
How long was she trapped there, roughly?I dont know.
I think it was around two weeks, but its something like that.
Its enough time that its a lot of time, but it wasnt a month.
Wait, just to be fair, Im not exactly sure it was two weeks.
I know the Reddit people have probably figured this out better than I have.
I dont want them to be upset with me.
Its such an experience.
It feels like voyeuristic for me to go give a shot to watch other people have that experience.
It actually makes me nervous to think about reading it.
Im like,Thats not fair.It feels like spying.
Anything wild that you were really hoping was gonna happen?I dont think so.
You predicted it all perfectly.Well, no.
I just dont know that I made those leaps.
I think the truth is that I just couldnt wait to read it.
I think my brain just kind of stops there.
Its exciting to be on something like that.
There are a lot of revelations.
Im constantly breathing heavy through that whole episode because the gun is so heavy.
Hed be like, Shannon!
I was like, Ugh!
I dont know if I can really answer it.
We have such different temperaments, and I think that was part of why they cast us together.
Youre staccato and hes legato.
Just let that happen, okay?
It turns out it was because Im playing a human and hes not.
Ah, yes.Jeffrey is wonderful and I learn from him constantly.
I mean, before this I was doing a single-camera sitcom, so its a bit of a shift.
Whats it like getting directed by Lisa?Its a dream.
Oh?I clocked that after the first season.
I told her, I was like, You know I play you, right?
Now Ive seen her sign autographs, The OG Elsie, Lisa Joy.
Oh, come on.
Because I didnt think that my first performance was very good.
I think I play a version of her, though much, much shorter and much less intelligent.
Be nice to yourself.Lisas brilliant!
She can do calculus in her head.
Its nice to have her around just because its the immediate muse.
Its an exciting time.
Hes like, Never.
[Lisa] was like, No, let him be emotional and you stay strong.
I was like, Oh, right.
Well take it that direction.
She was like, You guys flip.
Its much more moving to watch him be vulnerable with me.
Theres a role reversal there from last year where hes like, Elsie, do your job.
Where now its like, You dont get to hurt me again.
That was a good direction.
I read just there were just two scenes.
I didnt think there was much of a description.
It just said, A brilliant programmer.
I was like, Im not getting this job.
My dads a software designer, so I did grow up … What the fuck was that?
I was like,So theyve written my voice![Laughs.]
This interview has been edited and condensed.
