Evan Rachel Wood's 'Westworld' Character Was Inspired By This Iconic Painting

Warning: If youve yet to watch the currently available episodes of Westworld, there might be spoilers ahead.One of the standout performances from HBOs young sci-fi series Westworld thus far is that of Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Dolores.What fans of the show might not know is that when writing Woods character, the Westworld team was inspired by an iconic painting. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Jonathan Nolan reveals that Andrew Wyeths 1948 painting was used as a jumping-off point of sorts for Dolores, a cyborg who plays a ranchers daughter in the Wild Westthemed park on the show. Over the episodes, we see her gain some sort of perception beyond her programmed narrative.It was a tilt of the head toward all the different stories that inspired us; a classic protagonist whos on a heros journey with a darker twist to it, said Nolan, also referencing Alice in Wonderland as an inspiration. She starts in what should be the happy homestead but its not and she goes out looking ultimately for herself. Christina's World, Andrew Wyeth. #moma, #christina'sworld, #andrewwyeth A photo posted by Jane Morren (@jane.morren) on Oct 3, 2016 at 1:26pm PDT Christinas World depicts a young woman in a simple pink dress, her brunette hair tousled by the wind. She lies stretched out in an arid field with a house in the distance. She has one hand reaching out, suggesting an unclear yearning.There was indeed a real Christina. According to About, Anna Christina Olson lived on the Maine farm pictured in the painting, and had a degenerative muscular disorder thought to be polio. Certain body parts in the painting were modeled by Wyeths wife, who was 26 at the time.The challenge to me was to do justice to her extraordinary conquest of a life which most people would consider hopeless, Wyeth said of his painting, according to the Museum of Modern Art, where it now hangs.Hmmm. Sounds pretty similar to the bleak loop Dolores must live out with every narrative arc in the theme park she calls home. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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