COLLIDER: WithBlack Mirror, do you have an actual favorite episode that you’re not in?
Do you have one or two you think are amazing?
WILL POULTER: Oh, yeah.
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I’ve got a bunch.
San Junipero I love, Metalhead I love, also David Slade.
I love Hang the DJ, as well, with Joe Cole and Georgina Campbell.
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Those ones off the top of my head.
Nosedive is fucking great, as well.
Its scary how many of them feel very, very real.
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What’s funny is there’s no right answer.
There are so many that are so good.
When did Charlie first tell you, Hey, I might want you to come back?
POULTER: It wasn’t that long before we started shooting.
I think we shot it in January, and I think it was November of the year prior.
So, it was pretty soon before.
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It was a very, very easy and excitable yes from me.
This is a character and a place I’m sure you never thought you’d be back in.
POULTER: Totally, and you know what’s cool?
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It was great to reconnect with Asim Chaudhry, who’s one of the funniest men on the planet.
It felt like Tucker and Colin are a little bit like that.
I think Asim leans into that idea, as well.
We spotted more than one returning face in that new trailer.
POULTER: I didn’t tell anyone.
So, I had to dye it back pretty quickly.
That just speaks to the power ofBlack Mirror, I guess.
I would imagine you were wearing a hat at all times and just trying to be super careful.
POULTER: It was baseball cap season, for sure.
How are you actually getting ready?
Or do you just step on set like, I got this?
How much did you actually use it?
POULTER: I actually only ever really experienced it with a family member or a friend.
I never did it solo.
That was quite a funny, weird, and typically aBlack Mirrorexperience in itself.
Truthfully, because it was pre-pandemic and so long ago now, I forget exactly.
But there are even endings that never actually got televised.
There are extra endings that we shot that we ended up having to cut for various reasons.
Pretty amazing to think of.
It’s incredible what was done.
POULTER: It really is.
It was an amazing effort from all of the crew, as well as the cost.
The spin-off, if you will, is called Plaything.
What was your reaction reading the script and seeing what ultimately they were trying to pull off and do?
POULTER: I couldn’t believe I got to come back, first of all.
That was super exciting.
Technology and the advent of technology is, I mean, frighteningly fast.
So, I loved that.
I love that that line was in there.
I kind of just wanted to show up on screen just to say that.
In the episode, Colin leaves the disk on the table and then leaves.
Do you think he purposely wanted Cameron to take the disk home?
POULTER: It’s interesting.
There’s a bit of debate around that.
And how is that going to impact the course of your life?
I think Colin is saying, Go ahead and make a choice.
I also think within Cameron, he recognizes a kind of rule-breaker, a bit of a renegade.
Inasmuch as we have free will, it’s got to be a choice of his.
Im almost out of time with you.
What are you filming this year?
That’s it at the moment, so just kind of working on that right now.
Is Chef Luca going to make an appearance inThe BearSeason 4?
POULTER: I would love that.
I’m a big fan of Boots Riley, and I know that you’re inI Love Boosters.
Everything with Boots is just original and unique.
What can you tease about your character?
What was it about the script that said, Oh, I need to do this?
POULTER: It was one of the most unique things I’ve ever read.
So, Im very, very lucky to be working on this.
Black MirrorSeason 7 is now streaming on Netflix.
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