The cast of Westworld has been busy at work on season three of the popular HBO series, which is being kept firmly under wraps.
Viewers got their first look at the new season just last week, which suggested that it takes place in the real world in some distant future, with the footage showing star Evan Rachel Wood along with newcomers Lena Waithe, Kid Cudi and Aaron Paul.
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com reveal however that viewers may be getting a look at one new park after Thandie Newton and Rodrigo Santoro were spotted in a tiny Spanish town by one resident.
SPOILERS BELOW
Hosts with the mosts: The third season of Westworld has been filming in Besalú, a tony village in Spain, with actors Thandie Newton (right), Rodrigo Santoro (center) and producer and director Richard J Kelly (left)
The write stuff: Simon Quarterman (above) was also spotted on set, and costumed in a Waffen-SS uniform (above)
The Rod squad: The group look to be filming in a new world made to simulate World War II judging by the extras (Santoro above)
Kelly file: HBO released the first preview for season three over the weekend (producer and director Kelly speaks with the crew)
The pair joined the extras on set just before filming, with some outfitted as residents of an Italian village and others like members of the Waffen-SS, the combat arm of the Nazi party.
Newton and Santoro’s characters, Maeve and Hector, were outfitted like the local partisans while actor Simon Quarterman, who plays Lee, was dressed as a Nazi general.
Also spotted on set was Richard J Lewis, one of the show’s producers who appeared to be directing the episode, and Newton’s stunt double Lani Gelera.
The pictures and video were both taken by a local resident.
‘The film crew shut down the whole of the main square in my home town of Besalú,’ he told DailyMail.com.
‘They were not allowing anyone to leave or enter the region, but I got in a day early because my parents live in a house right in the middle of the square.’
He said that in order to make sure nothing leaked, there was a group that went out asking residents to stay inside all day.
Swap out: HBO released the first preview for season three over the weekend (Newton’s stunt double Lani Gelera filming in Spain)
On the scene: ‘The film crew shut down the whole of the main square in my home town of Besalú,’ the man who took the photos told DailyMail.com
Meet and greet: ‘They were not allowing anyone to leave or enter the region, but I got in a day early because my parents live in a house right in the middle of the square’ (Gelera and Santoro above)
Stnunters: geklera is made up while Santoro’s stunt double stands in the foreground with the crew (above)
No details: ‘They were being super hush hush and secretive about the whole thing. My parents had to close their store and the HBO team reimbursed them for the loss of business,’ said the man to DailyMail.com
‘The production crew went around and knocked on all the doors of the houses, telling everyone not to leave their homes for the entire day, unless they were escorted by a member of the production team,’ he explained.
‘They were being super hush hush and secretive about the whole thing. My parents had to close their store and the HBO team reimbursed them for the loss of business.’
He continued: ‘They told everyone not to take photos or video, but we didn’t sign any contracts so I thought it was safe enough to try and take a few shots from the windows of my parents’ home.’
He said that after ASKING around he learned why the production crew picked that location.
‘I was trying to find out as much as I could about the next season from all my contacts in the town, I heard it was to be set in World War 2 Italy, but Besalú was chosen for filming because the place looks similar to war-era Italy,’ said the source.
‘We didn’t leave the house for the entire day because part of the set, this huge wooden barricade, was blocking our front door. So I just stayed inside shooting pictures and watching them.’
Walk and talk: ‘The production crew went around and knocked on all the doors of the houses, telling everyone not to leave their homes for the entire day, unless they were escorted by a member of the production team,’ explained the photographer
Blocking: ‘They told everyone not to take photos or video, but we didn’t sign any contracts so I thought it was safe enough to try and take a few shots from the windows of my parents’ home,’ he added
Run through: There are some who are already predicting that the real world previewed by HBO in the first trailer is a show park, meaning that there is Westworld, Shogun World, the “real” world and this World War II park
He also noted that the crew seemed to be in a rush because the forecast called for rain the next day.
There are a number of things these new photos could mean, the most obvious being that this is a third (or fourth) park, meaning there are only three (or two) unknown parks.
This would also mean that Maeve failed to escape the park or it is a scene from the past, with the latter explanation slightly less feasible since Lee is also in the scenes.
There are also some who are already predicting that the real world previewed by HBO in the first trailer is a show park, meaning that there is Westworld, Shogun World, the “real” world and this World War II park.
That would leave just two parks to be revealed, and mean that the hosts from the Westworld disaster were sent to different parks after being reporgrammed.
The original series had a Roman World and a Medeval World, so those could round out the six if the show stays close to Michael Crichton’s source text.