“As an actor you’re always trying to fill in the blanks,” describes Tessa Thompson who plays Charlotte Hale on“Westworld,” “This season was discovering all the things about her that I did not know.” Season 3 of HBO’s science fiction epic pushed Thompson’s role into the spotlight as she grappled with major questions of identity. Watch the exclusive video interview above.

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While most actors would be finding some sense of “comfortability” three seasons into a season and settling into their roles a bit, Thompson jokes “that is just never the case on this show… I think it requires dexterity.” Her role is a prime example of this. Charlotte Hale was actually killed off in Season 2, but the android Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) is inhabiting a copy of her body in Season 3. The tug of war between her Dolores programming and the...