Is “Plaything” an unofficial sequel to theBlack Mirror: Bandersnatchinteractive film?
What fueled the decision to bringJesse Plemons' Robert Daly back for “USS Callister: Into Infinity”?
Read on for the answers to all of these and more below.
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Hes an interesting figure.I wouldn’t say they’re always necessarily evil.
Not all the time, anyway.
I’ll leave it at that.
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Is ‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 Also a ‘Bandersnatch’ Sequel?
Did you know early on that you wanted to bring Ritman back for that episode?
I was a video games journalist in the 1990s, so that’s a world I know pretty well.
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I think Will is a fantastic actor.
So, you write the best version.
I just love writing that character.
There’s something about that character that really makes me laugh, but I also really respect him.
Was that also intentional?
It really does feel like it ties many more episodes together than you would think.
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BROOKER: You’re right.
There’s something fun about leaning into how we’ve established what that’s shorthand for.
JESSICA RHOADES:It’s really satisfying when you hand one to an actor.
They’re very excited.
First, they’ve gotten this incredible script from Charlie, and then someone hands them the nubbin.
It’s pretty much an encapsulatedBlack Mirrorexperience.
BROOKER: There are slightly different product designs for the nubbin.
Clearly, they are, like, Android versions of the nubbin and Apple versions of the nubbin.
One new addition to the cast this season that I know is a self-professed genre fan is Paul Giamatti.
I’m sure he must have been very excited to put on the nubbin for his episode.
We sort of thought, Would he do it, really?
Perry read the script immediately and flagged him down.
He had just come off ofDownton.
Anyway, it turned out he was a fan.
Had we known that, maybe we would have felt more confident about sending the script.
BROOKER: And youre right.
He properly is a genre fan.
I was chatting to him about things likeBlakes 7, so he knows his stuff.
Why was it so important to bring Daly back for this episode?
As we also see, this version of him is a more surprising one than people would expect.
As youll appreciate, we’ve kept it well under our hearts that we brought him back.
We didn’t want to cheat on that.
We definitely show that.
It’s quite odd becausehe almost becomes a prequel character, in a way.
Where did that come from?
It made logical sense to have Walton on the outside being an exploitative boss.
It felt soBlack Mirror-y.
And then also, it meant that we could bring Jesse Plemons back.
It’s also a pretty long episode, too.
RHOADES:We did need that time to tell the story and to tell it right.
So, we knew going in what it would take to tell the story of this scope.
She kind of becomes Dorothy, right?
She’s Clara, and then she becomes Dorothy.
When the film is reset, she’s back to Clara again.
RHOADES:I think she has the echoes, because the agency is there.
BROOKER: The echoes are still there.
No, you’re right.
She’s still got more agency.
She’s not got the full knowledge of Dorothy, is what she’s not got.
It should feel tragic thatwhen the film is rebooted, it’s like shes had her mind wiped.
Black MirrorSeason 7 is available to stream on Netflix.
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