âThroughout his career, James Marsden has made losing into an art form,â Vulture critic Angelica Jade BastiĂŠn wrote in 2016 after the season-one finale of Westworld. Unfortunately, heâs now lost that too. The HBO series was canceled in November after four seasons, leaving fans without answers to the showâs many, many mysteries. âIâd be lying to you if I told you that the way we ended Westworld wasnât a disappointment,â Marsden told Rolling Stone in a Janaury interview. âIâm never going to speak without gratitude about any of my experiences, but it would have been nice to be able to complete the story we wanted to finish.â And yet Marsden is still able to look to the future. âI totally understand itâs an expensive show, and big shows have to have big audiences to merit the expense; I just wish it was about more than financial success,â he said. âBut who knows, maybe thereâs some world where it can get completed somehow. Maybe thatâs just wishful thinking, because I know we had plans to finish it the way we wanted to.â And wouldnât the biggest twist of all be that Westworld itself rises from the dead? Gasp!
Marsden is not only hoping for a future that includes Westworld; the Disenchanted star is looking at the Theaterworld. âFor years Iâve flirted with the idea of doing an actual Broadway show,â he said. âAttaching yourself to eight shows a week is a full-on commitment, and youâve got to move to New York, obviously, and we werenât prepared to do that. Now that my kids are getting older thatâs something I want to explore.â BRB, calling William Finn. Put this freakishly hot man in The Royal Family of Broadway if thatâs what it takes. Stat!