Westworld’s Dolores modeled after famous painting

Westworld showrunner Jonathan Nolan says Dolores is modeled after a famous painting and Alice in Wonderland.

Entertainment Weekly spoke to Westworld showrunner Jonathan Nolan and asked him about Dolores reading Alice in Wonderland. Nolan explained that Dolores is modeled after several things including Alice and a famous painting by Andrew Wyeth.

"There are a couple of references for Dolores. Some more explicit than others. Alice is one we talked about. But also Andrew Wyeth’s painting Christina’s World. It was a tilt of the head toward all the different stories that inspired us; a classic protagonist who’s on a hero’s journey with a darker twist to it. She starts in what should be the happy homestead but it’s not and she goes out looking ultimately for herself. Trish Summerville designed her amazing look for the pilot. She also looks like a Disney princess. She’s also got a leather belt, which is her utility belt."

Christiana’s world is of course a painting of a young girl on a ranch. The painting shows how limited and plain, but also spacious and desolate the world of the young girl on the plains is.

It’s a great touchstone for Dolores because she is facing a crisis as she realizes that the world around her isn’t quite right. We know Dolores is going to start waking up from her dream soon, in fact the process has already begun, the question is who will she be if she is able to be free?

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