00:00In some ways this feels like a preview of what's to come or what is now.
00:03People are constantly saying it feels like we're living in a Black Mirror episode and we are in so many ways.
00:10Season 7 of Black Mirror just hit Netflix.
00:13We spoke to a few stars from the new season of the sci-fi anthology series all about their episodes.
00:19Issa Rae and Awkwafina star in the episode titled Hotel Reverie.
00:25Ark ready? Feedback ready?
00:27Supervision ready?
00:29Forecasting ready?
00:30Prep titles.
00:31Titles prepped. Simulation running.
00:35The two actresses revealed what drew them to the story and the world of Black Mirror.
00:39I'm a huge fan of Black Mirror and have my favorite episodes and honestly once I got the call I was excited before reading the script.
00:48And then when I got the script I was even more excited because it reminded me.
00:53I have elements of some of my favorite episodes.
00:55Nosedive and I also love San Junipero which this episode reminded me of and Star King Vipers as well.
01:05I felt like it was a perfect, not blend, but it called back to both of those for me.
01:13I love Black Mirror.
01:16There are certain episodes that have deeply stayed with me that, you know, I am a huge fan of it.
01:22So when the call came and I was even able to meet Charlie, I was so, I was just like, I just, anything.
01:29Like literally anything, anything you want.
01:32And then hearing like what the episode was about, its relevancy to like right now, I absolutely fell in love with it.
01:39And I think that it's always great to have a piece of like content that kind of has really fully realized female characters that you can kind of relate to universally.
01:50The episode imagines how AI could be used in moviemaking, a hot topic in the industry in recent years.
01:57The stars weighed in on their concerns about the use of AI in Hollywood.
02:00I think the issue is when things are used without our consent and when it's used to exclude writers, actors, whatever it is throughout, from the process.
02:16You know, this industry is already like hanging on a string just in terms of its viability here.
02:23And so in some ways AI gives an excuse for people to, for corporations to cut corners.
02:29It is kind of, kind of scary.
02:31And I think that it needs to be done responsibly.
02:34You know, I think it's all about who's, who's helming it and, and, and, you know, who are they kind of jeopardizing, you know what I mean?
02:40Like with, with, with their use of it.
02:42Elsewhere this season, Jimmy Simpson returns for the USS Callister sequel episode USS Callister Into Infinity.
02:49Like DNA samples that he kept in these little Ziploc baggies in his fridge.
02:53And they all have our names on them.
02:55Look, that's my name.
02:55Jesus Christ.
02:56There was Nate's name.
02:57There was a whole bunch of us from the office.
03:00Even you.
03:01Wait, I was in there.
03:02He opened up about revisiting that world and how the new episode builds on what we saw back in season four.
03:07It was like being able to go back to one of your favorite memories in school and do it all over again.
03:16Except now you have even more experience, more perspective, and more gratitude for the fun that you're having.
03:23So, yeah, it was, and it's something that Charlie Brooker had been thinking about for years, sending ideas and scripts.
03:32And, and, and when this one came together, it just felt right.
03:37It was just one of those things where all the, all the questions that, that needed to be answered were answered.
03:42And then some, whereas most sequels are kind of an extension of a story, you know.
03:48And it's, oh, it was popular.
03:49People like it.
03:50Let's spend more time with these characters because we love them.
03:52This was more of like a, they found a way to unpack the center of the initial piece and find the question we all didn't know we needed to know the answer to.
04:02Black Mirror is set in a dystopian near future and known for exploring how technology affects our lives.
04:07The stars revealed why they think viewers are so drawn to the series.
04:11I think they see a lot of themselves in the characters.
04:16They see a lot of our, our own futures in these high concepts, especially with Black Mirror, whereas, you know, Twilight Zone was like, what, what could have been?
04:27Charlie is like, don't you guys see what's coming?
04:30We're all addicted to technology.
04:33We, we see what it makes us do.
04:38And in some ways, this feels like a preview of what's to come or what is now.
04:43People are constantly saying, it feels like we're living in a Black Mirror episode.
04:46And we are in so many ways.
04:49Black Mirror does something so unique where it forces you to confront things that are a part of our reality
04:57and brings it to a place where we, where we have never even thought we can ask these questions.
05:03I like, I, I'm fascinated with like this sense of like this quiet doom after every episode.
05:09But then also there are certain episodes that really are deeply emotional and, and really like explore the human condition in a way that I really haven't seen a lot.
05:18For more on the new season of Black Mirror, go to THR.com.
05:22This is the Hollywood Reporter News.
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