Katja Herbers Reads Absurd Westworld Fan Theories | ELLE

Over halfway through the second season of HBO's Westworld, and fans still don't have as many answers as they'd like. That's why ELLE.com turned to the actors themselves to confirm (though mostly deny) some of the most absurd theories. This time, Katja Herbers, who plays the Man in Black's daughter, Emily, steps up to the plate. Is there a mysterious link between Emily and Theresa? Was the tiger attack on Emily actually secretly plotted by Ford? Is Dolores' skincare regime her greatest weapon? Find out what Herbers thinks of the internet's strangest fan theories (with a cameo from actress Shannon Woodward, who plays Elsie).
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[@JinKee]

1:20 Elsie is all like "Freeze all motor functions. Analysis mode please."

[@rajsrivastav6940]

HAHAHAHAHHA

[@jechiquim]

I love how we have actors from so many different countries/regions on the show! Denmark, the Netherlands, Scotland, England, Norway, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Sweden!

[@micca903]

H it seems like this is becoming a HBO trademark. I like it as well. These shows have a huge international fanbase so it's probably a smart thing to do.

[@Rosie-yt8nd]

I didn't know she was dutch. Her english is amazing! Also when she asked what certain terms mean and "Elsie" explained it, too cute (and relatable)

[@MarkHogan994]

She's cute as hell.

[@MakerInMotion]

Like a basket full of puppies.

[@shulkb5]

It's not a woman, it's a man

[@MakerInMotion]

Shulk b So is your mom.

[@shulkb5]

No my mom is a real woman ! You can figure out she is a man, look her jaw, the size of her upper body, her small hips, the size of her arm and if you are still not convince watch pics of her at the beach

[@dosipov1]

She’s a host. Too perfect to be human. Did not grow up in US, but English is flawless( not knowing what sentient meant was an act)

[@IcarusOne100]

She would be perfect for a young Princess Leia

[@RobinK]

Huh, I never knew she was a Dutch actress.

[@nickcartman]

she looks french

[@flowerskiss3365]

and sounds a little british to me

[@reksfoleur859]

She is a Du...chess... huhu

[@xHakari]

She's absolutely gorgeous!!

[@FOREVER8D]

“Like a golf tee” “Does Wyatt play golf?”

[@keenan6446]

Seeing the two of them is awesome. Hopefully they meet on the show.

[@szhzs6121]

*make out

[@PostPandemicMadonna]

Haha

[@cosmicdream17]

"You'll see me one more time." LOL! Shannon is so adorable.

[@danielreid3476]

You don't really look at her twice at first, but little by little you realize just how beautiful she is! She definitely grows on you!

[@jahigroe653]

Stubbs is a host, the end of season 2, and "The Stray" episode from season 1 give us all the clues.

[@MsHojat]

There were some clues or "clues", but when someone pointed them out I thought "that's nonsense". It _IS_ nonsense, it just happened to be true. :P

[@hailmary7283]

Does Wyatt play golf? hahaha To be fair whenever I play golf I get so mad that I want to go on a genocidal rampage.

[@convergency1068]

2:28 Oh my god that's correct

[@arianrahman5886]

So cute how the actress who plays Elsie helped her out

[@Constantly_Shaved]

I officially ship Emily and Elsie now. They are just so cute together!

[@44excalibur]

But they haven't had a single scene together.

[@tylerhouston69]

Doesn't stop people from making ridiculous ships. Still holding out hope Bernard and that potted plant get together.

[@khayle05]

Ohh fuck off

[@namhaihatrung4116]

Out of the loops here, is there a Bernard x potted plant ship?

[@GhostFan-ev4di]

Stop shipping pointless crap

[@glennis8236]

I LIKE HER EYES!

[@marscarda]

Eyes like young Emily. Good cast

[@alaskayoung5360]

she is so adorable

[@giovanimans4ni]

*Both are stunning*

[@louiekim824]

ANYONE ELSE HERE AFTER WESTWORLD SEASON 3 EPISODE 2?!?!?!?!

[@munchkimmy25]

She could read the white pages and I would still watch her.

[@AnyTime_Chump]

Relatable..❤️‍🔥 Even hotter in the series Evil

[@Stephen__King]

"Does Wyatt play golf"... man, she was cute on the show, but oh my god I could listen to her all day.

[@clash5j]

Very likable cute actress. I'm currently watching her on the show "Evil"

[@Apurbo_]

Stubbs being a protector of Bernard was confirmed in season 3

[@thelilbrans]

Katja you're so very charming

[@artistbrindle]

She’s so incredible. I’ve always thought that if they ever make a biopic about the late Karen Carpenter, Katja Herbers would be my choice to play her.

[@Buenomars]

Shannon pointed on the card like it was a tablet.

[@nandakumar2854]

She needs to be in more movies /TV shows. Great actress and adorable as hell

[@brianbommarito3376]

“Hi, dad.” One of the best scenes of all time. Also, in a future project, they should really have her play the daughter of the actress who played Theresa. Because there is an uncanny resemblance, and an audience could believe they were related.

[@user-dx9yp2jy3q]

0:38 when I first saw Raj episode I thought that was young Teresa. They look similar, and body language was same

[@BrettCaton]

She's cuter in real life!

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

do you think this is real life ? get the fuck out of youtube and go outside.

[@user-hh2is9kg9j]

I am not really here I am in the void.

[@gloryglorifikus7428]

Does Wyatt golf?! I love her so much already.

[@purepwnage007]

Why is elsie coming over to help Katja understand ideas like "sentience" and "to a tee". Is this confirmation grace is a host?

[@colegordon9684]

no shes just dutch and they dont use those kinds of words im guessinfg or use a different word from what i understand

[@3Hellokittykitty]

Cool!! How she had help from Elsie for the wording in the question lol

[@44excalibur]

William and Dolores haven't had sex in 30 years, so how could she be carrying his baby?

[@MstDreamer]

LOL I feel like there's a bigger reason for why Dolores cant be carrying his baby.

[@44excalibur]

Max Buady Well, yeah, because she's not organic and doesn't have a uterus. lol Unless she transfers herself to one of those host-human hybrids made from human DNA, which is probably what she's trying to do.

[@munchkimmy25]

They had sex when William "reacquainted" himself with Dolores during episode 1 of season 1. In-universe, this is just a few days before the Host rebellion. I still don't believe there's a baby though.

[@44excalibur]

munchkimmy25 Uhhh, no they didn't. Where do people like you get this ridiculous idea that William raped Dolores as the Man In Black? William pulled out his knife, not his you know what. William never raped Dolores, he simply cut her open like he did to Maeve and every other host he assaulted in order to trigger emotional responses in them that would lead to memory retention. They never showed or implied any rape and I really wish you people would stop making those accusations. The reason William began cutting open hosts in the first place was because he was taking revenge on the Confederado hosts that were the ones who actually raped Dolores after Logan cut her open the first time. When William found out the Confederados had raped Dolores he got pushed over the edge and went on a killing spree trying to find her, so do you really think that William would rape Dolores himself? Bullshit.

[@robinvik1]

It's up for interpretation, but I think they pretty heavily implied that he was gonna rape her. That's the entire point of that narrative: you kill Teddy and rape his girlfriend. I just assumed he pulled out his knife to strip her first. And yeah, it was his love for Doloros that motivated him in the flashbacks, but that was then. Now he seems to hate her, and is incredibly sadistic towards the hosts.

[@hykl8705]

when she smiles after throwing the cards, how can someone be so cute??

[@MylaCruz11]

Emily and Elsie together for this, amazing!!!!!

[@Tulane_Gargoyle]

I could listen to her voice all day long.

[@anna_s9921]

Do the one with tessa thompson or thandie newhton

[@AppleCore360]

She's Dutch?! I never knew! I'm Dutch, I usually spot Dutch actors immediately!

[@jl9554]

Shannon is such a babe!

[@AgentMcQueen]

Love the way she speaks.

[@MsHojat]

Wow she sure acts as a great English native despite having limited English knowledge. Her accent is nearly flawless too.

[@johnuchia6327]

Is it "acting predictable or acting predictably"?

[@seefore5409]

Stubbs is a host and is protecting Bernard.

[@jharju2352]

I like that people drew similarities between Theresa and Emily. On the first sight of her, I was almost certain that's a young Theresa.

[@raptor13]

the soundtrack of this video is more Firefly than Westworld

[@atirpok3]

When Elsie walks into the frame OMFG

[@cornyboi932]

Me: What's your name? Katja: Katja Me: Gotcha

[@Kaipyro67ALT]

Westworld needs more Shannon Woodward. :)

[@alexmachin1785]

I love the stubs theory, hes a host but not protecting Bernard xD

[@fahrifarizan2338]

2:36 yes

[@Etliv21]

She is gonna be great as Elena Fisher for the Uncharted movie!

[@orbitalair2103]

Door to GoT, I like that. Another part of the HBOCinematicUniverse could be a reboot of Jurassic Park !!??

[@henriducard2946]

a book accurate Jurassic Park would be nice. But the CGI would pale in comparison to the movies.

[@bishnu_YT]

00:36 yeah I thought we are watching past timeline, Thank god I'm not alone

[@windyadiyatna7912]

The third theory, of course i had think a same way. When Katja first show up in Westworld episode, i thought she is the young Theresa Cullen.. lol

[@VertigoDefinitivo]

"Does Wyatt play golf?"

[@IronmanV5]

I's love to grab a drink with Katja, Shannon , and Jimmi.

[@MatthewFry]

They are adorable

[@lifefixer]

ahh i love this actress, wish to see more of her

[@veerchasm1]

Great actress, enjoy her role

[@donjorge8329]

Wow....just wow.

[@notsure6222]

How that Stubbs theory looks now, huh!!

[@SCharlesDennicon]

The tiger theory is totally credible.

[@Buenomars]

A pregnant cyborg? Not so far-fetched if you watched Blade Runner 2049! Would feel a little derivative though if that really happens in the show...

[@GhostFan-ev4di]

Buenomars blade runner is fictional,

[@Dan-hs9pd]

Well doesn't the trailer for the next episode show Abernathy as the man in black (old william), teddy as the security guy etc. so yes hosts are based on real life people.

[@andrewgrimm4590]

1:33 needs reprogramming

[@reverenddak]

How does she have such a perfect American accent? But doesn't know a bunch of American colloquialisms.

[@NisansaDdS]

Dialect coaches, probably.

[@disco.lemonade]

Dude, really? No one can learn by heart or know every single idiomatic expression. It's like accents, especially regarding the US that's huge. I thought, from the series, she was American as her accent was just... "regular". Besides, you can't know all the word on the dictionary, either. Give her a break

[@blackswangreen8629]

She's just pretending she doesn't know... that's the joke.

[@TheLuizSouza]

I think she actually didn't know what "sentient" was and then the other one was just a joke. "Sentient" is a word the average American won't know either.

[@PieterStalpaert]

She's Dutch, actually. But she said in a Dutch interview she was kind of raised by a Canadian babysitter, so that helped a lot. And she said she always had been good at picking accents and using them herself. Same like the new Daario from game of Thrones, he's Dutch as wel.

[@vinayakvadlamani2261]

Ok now, give them both their own show, HBO that's your cue.

[@samihussaini2372]

I could listen to her talk forever.

[@SlickSteven75]

My theory is someone will make a host version of Castro to test him for “Fidelity”

[@jager4583]

2:34 we were right lads. Atleast kinda

[@thehightable5995]

Now we need Talulah Riley and Shannon Woodward to read not so absurd theories.

[@ferrermc311]

The first one lol😂😂

[@delafo58]

hahaha help by shannon 😂😂. i heard english katja not perfectly

[@ethaneveraldo]

Sentient means being intelligent enough to be self-aware of yourself… not autonomous.

[@bryana7039]

Westworld takes place in the same snowglobe from just like heaven

[@forsa-gb8cx]

How is it that her accent is so good and speaks fluently but dont know common words? And how do dutch learn to speak english like that? Any advice? Ive seen around youtube, dutch can speak amazing english...

[@missycoaster749]

Dutch is a West Germanic language like Englisch so its easier for us to learn Englisch.We have Dutch Subtitles for movies and tv series from the USA .We learn it in school around the age of 10.I do the same thing I try to speak the same way but I struggle with common words too sometimes.

[@khaleesiPH22]

Yes exactly at first I thought she is the young Theresa lol

[@Czeckie]

I like her

[@rodolfosilva5275]

Im in love with her ❤️

[@janosrock]

2:33 HA! THAT ONE WAS REAL!

[@ilphi08]

Wouldn't it be funny if they release this video on the father's day

[@laura-w8z]

que mulher...

[@pokemaniac9393]

She plays as grace slash emily?? Is grace a host version of emily?

[@vickybuddy16]

RIP Emily

[@juliajesus35]

do rodrigo santoro pleeeease!!!

[@hugoazevedo4421]

1:20 - My heart is melting... They're so cute!

[@hugegnarlyeyeball]

She's like the female version of Jesse Eisenberg

[@kitspace2024]

Does wyatt play golf LMAO

[@scampoli25]

She seems delightful

[@goseeaboutagirl]

Reminds me of Carrie Fisher

[@jacobstromburg5803]

Westworld itself is a little absurd.

[@sunilprajapati6377]

I thought she was young Theresa too

[@manozr]

few fan theories like got, stubbs were correct

[@REVIEW1205]

RIP Emily.

[@wrecklesserin]

On her Instagram she says there is a quote from the tv show Manhattan in this video and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it is who can help me

[@nickcartman]

She kind of look like the singer of Christine And The Queens

[@Luemm3l]

called she was dutch or had dutch descent from the moment she opened her mouth...

[@jacobkhu-oldacc.4491]

Aww her quirkiness is charming