'Westworld' Star Evan Rachel Wood Meets Real-Life Robot in 'Sophiaworld' Shoot

When actors play certain characters, they don't expect to meet real-life versions of the same, do they? It actually gets even more creepy when its a robot. Before you think too much on it, we are talking about actor Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Dolores in HBO's drama Westworld who went on to meet a real-life robot version at Sophiaworld, a new short film making its online debut on Wednesday.

According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, the short film sees Westworld’s Evan Rachel Wood meet Sophia — arguably the real world’s most human robot —  in what seems to be a chance encounter... although looks can be deceiving. 

The project was directed by Geoffrey James Clark (Automaton Transfusion) and written by Clark and Luke Kingma (Cartoons From Tomorrow: A Futuristic Comic Collection).

“It was an amazing and unique experience directing a film starring a real-life robot because it felt like the first glimpse into an uncanny future, much like we see in Westworld,” Clark said in a statement about the project, adding, “Having someone as talented and willing to have fun like Evan was a dream. And she nailed it.”

SophiaWorld was first shown at this year’s Maui Film Festival, ahead of the online premiere of the five-minute short. The short is a production of Futurism Studios, which, in addition to documentary projects I Am Human and Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain, is currently working on 2067, a scripted sci-fi drama starring Kody Smit-McPhee and Ryan Kwanten.