Westworld Is Finally Back. And Its Women Are Ready to Take Over

Thandie Newton likes to take the lead. When I meet her, co-star Evan Rachel Wood and Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy--three of the HBO show's fierce women--in a Los Angeles hotel suite, I dither about whether we should sit on a sectional sofa or around a table. Newton directs us to the table. "This is serious," she says. "A table creates a kind of boundary. Let's not be on the couch about any of this.