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Ben Barnes joined his ‘Westworld’ cast members Thandie Newton, Jimmi Simpson, Jeffrey Wright and creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for a Facebook Live Q&A today at NYCC. You can watch the full interview on the official ‘Westworld’ Facebook page.

Video & Gallery Links:
– ‘Westworld’ Facebook Live Q&A At NYCC (Oct 9, 2016)
003 x ‘Westworld’ FB Live Q&A At New York Comic Con

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Screen captures from the second episode of ‘Westworld’ (titled “Chestnut”) have been added to the gallery. “Chestnut” is currently streaming on HBO Now, HBO Go and HBO On Demand and will air this Sunday night, October 9th, at 9 PM (ET/PT) on HBO.

Gallery Link:
222 x Westworld > 01×02 – “Chestnut” (Screen Captures)

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He’s friend not foe!

Netflix is now confirming what we reported last month: ‘Westworld’ actor Ben Barnes is joining Marvel’s ‘The Punisher’ as a series regular, although he will not be playing an antagonist to Jon Bernthal’s titular vigilante (aka Frank Castle), as we speculated. Rather, the English actor has been cast as Billy Russo, Frank’s best friend from his days in the Special Forces. Billy runs a successful private military corporation called Anvil.

Viewers got their first look at Bernthal’s gun-toting antihero in Season 2 of ‘Daredevil’, which dropped last March. Netflix formally pulled the trigger on a Punisher-centric series one month later (although the project was unofficially greenlit back in January). ‘Hannibal’ scribe Steve Lightfoot will serve as showrunner. ‘The Punisher’ is slated to premiere in 2017.

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WWD recently spoke with Ben about ‘Westworld’, how he ended up playing so many American roles, acting in jeans and T-shirts, and his favorite bad TV to binge-watch. You can read the interview below and view the accompanying photoshoot in our gallery.

On getting cast as Logan, another American character for the British actor:

Ben Barnes: I found myself playing more and more Americans — I don’t think I’ve played a Brit in years, I’ve kind of been just playing Americans. I’ve always loved doing accents and things. My first film ever was playing a Russian and I haven’t really looked back.

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