‘Westworld’: James Marsden Books Return to HBO Series


Westworld is resurrecting a character not seen for some time in its fourth season.

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James Marsden made a surprise appearance at the end of the HBO show’s ATX TV Festival panel on Saturday.

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His character, Teddy Flood, will return to the show in its fourth season, which is set to premiere June 26.

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Marsden joined fellow cast members Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Luke

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Hemsworth, Angela Sarafyan and Aurora Perrineau and co-creator and executive producer Lisa Joy on stage in Austin.

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Marsden last appeared on Westworld near the end of season two in 2018. In the

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season’s penultimate episode, Teddy, distraught that Dolores (Wood)

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changed his programming, kills himself in front of her.

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In keeping with the series’ usual m.o., the people behind Westworld have been fairly tight-lipped about

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