JEFFREY WRIGHT

The Quantum of Solace and Hunger Games star, 54, reprises his role as programmer Bernard Lowe in season three of HBO’s Westworld beginning March 15. The dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness continues as the AI-engineered “theme park” hosts get to meet their makers.

Dolores [Evan Rachel Wood] says at the end of season two, “We gave each other a beautiful gift: choice. We are the authors of our own stories now.” Are they?

One of the themes of the show is whether any of us, host or human, is capable of genuine freedom. To what extent are the narratives that we live written by ourselves or written by individuals or entities outside of us? We’ll continue to explore that in season three in our little theme park that we all share.

What do you think of the new characters played by Aaron Paul, Vincent Cassel and Lena Waithe?

It was gratifying to have the cast expand, because everyone who joined was a huge fan of what we’ve done in the previous seasons. There was a lot of really positive energy brought into the mix.

You’re also reprising your role as Felix Leiter in the new James Bond movie, No Time to Die [in theaters April 10]. What’s your approach to playing him?

Having been there at the beginning of Daniel Craig’s run as Bond, I took some cues from him. I wanted to develop a sense of a guy that you could picture infiltrating the shadowy corners.

You’re currently working on next year’s The Batman, playing Commissioner Gordon. Do you have a favorite Batman movie?

Because I’m old-school, I read the comics as a kid. But I was obsessed with Adam West as Batman in the TV series in the ’60s.