“You don’t kill off the first Black woman to ever have a real role in a Star Wars movie,” she says. She even made pop-culture history playing Val in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, though this last experience was not an entirely positive one, and Newton doesn’t hold back as to the reasons why. Politically, she’s grown more outspoken in discussing racism, sexism, and abuse in Hollywood.
The series has earned her three consecutive Emmy nominations, including one win. She taught me that we must always be alive and awake to possibilities of change.”Ĭhange has dominated Newton’s career in the half-decade since Westworld premiered. “She’s sleepwalking through life, but she’s the only one who receives another chance.
“I’ve been around alcoholism, and playing this character who’s dealing with her trauma and numbing herself with alcohol was fascinating,” says Newton.
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