A version of this story about Thandie Newton appeared in The Race Begins issue of TheWrap Emmy magazine.
Thandie Newton was a little frustrated at the beginning of the second season of HBO’s drama “Westworld.” She’d won a Critics’ Choice Award and received Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe nominations for her first season as Maeve, a “host” madam who used to run the brothel in Westworld’s Mariposa Saloon.
Maeve started her own personal rebellion during Season 1, and was ready to embark on a search for her android daughter as Season 2 began. And Newton herself was ready to hit the ground running — but, she told TheWrap, the slow start to Season 2 for Maeve threw her for a loop.