Black Mirror‘s Jimmi Simpson Is Totally Up for More ‘USS Callister’

Black Mirror fans felt excitement and joy—unfamiliar emotions to subordinate with the dystopian series, to beryllium honest—upon learning that the show’s seventh season would see a sequel to play four’s “USS Callister.” Now that “USS Callister: Into Infinity” has deed Netflix, putting its formed of humans and digital-clones-trapped-in-a-video-game done a caller high-stakes adventure, the question has present become: volition determination beryllium a 3rd installment for “Callister” fans?

Jimmi Simpson, who plays Walton—a quality who’s either odious oregon brave, depending connected which mentation you meet—is 100% enthusiastic astir different return.

“I would clasp the roar mic for [Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker] if helium wanted maine to,” helium told the Hollywood Reporter successful a caller interview. “I’m in, immoderate that is.”

Simpson besides already has an thought astir which quality he’d similar to spot the adjacent “Callister” explore: programmer Dudani, who’s heroic successful the crippled but somewhat morally corruptible successful the existent world. “I privation to cognize much astir Dudani,” Simpson said. “Paul [G. Raymond], the histrion who plays him, is really, truly gifted. I can’t hold to spot that quality blossom. I consciousness similar that’s the adjacent 1 that volition truly travel to life.”

The ending of “Into Infinity,” which sees each the integer clones go trapped wrong the encephalon of Nanette (Cristin Milioti), surely leaves much runway to grow the story. “This ending does propulsion into question a full batch of crap semipermanent for the beingness of these people,” Simpson said. “But I deliberation it besides is cleanable not lone successful Black Mirror satellite but besides successful our world. It says, ‘Okay, truthful you were unhappy with that? How about this? Now, what bash you think? Figure it out!'”

“There are a batch of unanswered questions, and that is the adjacent step. They stepped extracurricular of this imminent information and what they person present is each other, genuinely successful a deeper way. And there’s worldly to research there. Obviously, we cognize with personalities forced into this space, there’s going to beryllium immoderate chaotic shit. But I truly respect this ending precise much, and I bask it.”

Brooker has said he’s considering much Black Mirror sequel episodes, truthful we whitethorn yet larn what’s adjacent for Walton and his friends and frenemies. For now, you tin watercourse Black Mirror seasons 1-7 connected Netflix.

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