One would think that “Westworld” star Thandie Newton and writer-director Ol Parker would be quick to offer acting advice to their daughter Nico Parker.

“They do give me advice like, ‘Learn everybody’s name and always be nice’ and things like that, but when it comes to acting, they kind of steer clear of it because I think they want it to be my own experience for me to learn about things in my own way,” Nico tells Variety from the family’s home in London.

The 15-year-old Brit made her acting debut last year in Tim Burton’s live-action remake of “Dumbo,” but she never explicitly told her parents she wanted to follow in her mother’s acting footsteps.

“I auditioned for ‘Dumbo’ and then it was kind of a whirlwind after that. We never had like a sit-down conversation of, ‘So this is what you want to do,...