Season seven of 'Black Mirror' is now streaming on Netflix. Issa Rae and Awkwafina spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about their episode, "Hotel Reverie," while Jimmi Simpson opened up about returning to the show for the "USS Callister" sequel episode. "Hotel Reverie" is incredibly timely, as it deals with the use of A.I. in movie making. Rae and Awkwafina opened up about their fears surrounding the use of A.I. in Hollywood. Plus, all three stars weighed in on why they think 'Black Mirror' continues to connect with viewers.
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.
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00:35The two actresses revealed what drew them to the story and the world of Black Mirror.
00:40I'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.
00:49And 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 and Striking Vipers as well. I felt like it was a perfect not blend but it called back to both of those for me.
01:13I love Black Mirror. There are certain episodes that have deeply stayed with me that you know I am I am a huge fan of it so when the call came and I was even able to meet Charlie I was I was so I was just like I just I just anything like literally anything anything you want.
01:31And then hearing like what the episode was about its relevancy to like right now I absolutely fell in love with it and I think that it's always great to have a piece of of of like content that kind of has really fully realized female characters that you can kind of relate to universally.
01:50Yeah. The episode imagines how AI could be used in movie making a hot topic in the industry in recent years the 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 you know this industry is already like hanging on a string just in terms of its viability here.
02:22And so in some ways AI gives an excuse for people to for corporations to cut corners.
02:29It is kind of kind of scary and I think that it needs to be done responsibly you 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 like with with with their use of it.
02:42Elsewhere this season Jimmy Simpson returns for the USS Callister sequel episode USS Callister into infinity.
02:49He opened up about revisiting that world and how the new episode builds on what we saw back in season four.
03:06It was like being able to go back to one of your favorite memories in school and do it all over again except now you have even more experience more perspective and more gratitude for the fun that you're having.
03:22So yeah it was and it's something that Charlie Brooker had been thinking about for years sending ideas and scripts and and when this one came together it just felt right.
03:36It was just one of those things where all the all the questions that that needed to be answered were answered and then some whereas most sequels are kind of an extension of a story.
03:46You know and it's popular people like it let'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.
04:01Black 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.
04:10I think they see a lot of themselves and the characters.
04:15They see a lot of our our own futures in these high concepts especially with Black Mirror.
04:22Whereas you know Twilight Zone was like what what could have been Charlie is like don't you guys see what's coming.
04:30We're all addicted to technology we we see what it makes us do and in some ways this feels like a preview of what's to come or what is now.
04:42People are constantly saying it feels like we're living in a Black Mirror episode and we are in so many ways.
04:48Black Mirror does something so unique where it forces you to confront things that are a part of our reality and brings it to a place where we where we have never been.
04:59Even thought we can ask these questions.
05:02I'd like I I'm fascinated with like the sense of like this quiet doom after every episode but then also there are certain episodes that really are deeply emotional.
05:12And 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.
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