With roles in Westworld and Solo: A Star Wars Story, the actor is at the top of her game. Not bad for a woman who admits that she wasn’t really into sci-fi and westerns, or even that keen on doing television. Set in a western-themed adventure park, where wealthy guests can indulge their most visceral fantasies, robot “hosts”, including her character Maeve, are the victims of rape and violence, endlessly patched up and reprogrammed. “I am the first dark-skinned woman in a lead role in the Star Wars legacy, which is both great, that it is finally a correction, and awful, that it’s taken this long.”So Newton is indisputably at the top of her game. “We’ve all short-circuited, and now we’re going rogue.”Westworld continues Mondays, 9pm, Sky Atlantic; Solo: A Star Wars Story is in cinemas from 24 May

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2018 06:01 UTC