Who would dare imagine a utopia right now?
With the world beset by so many overlapping crises, idealistic visions of the future feel hard to conjure.
EW caught up with Cusack to discuss why Dr. Christie isn’t like other billionaires.
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The new eight-episode Amazon Original Series,Utopia, premieres Friday, Sept. 25 on Prime Video.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How would you describe Dr. Christies role as the story begins?
Hes trying to solve some of the riddles that are facing modern humanity.
Hes trying to help with food and water shortages, pandemics, and viruses.
Hes a major player from the big foundations and think tanks, from the very top of capitalism.
sum up his worldview?
They say that service is the rent you pay for your time here on earth.
Hes in that camp.
Hes one of those people who is willing to make the toughest choices for the greater good.
He wants everyone to sacrifice equally.
Hes not one of these cats whos preaching conservation and morality for everyone else while he flies private jets.
It felt timely, in a tragic way of saying that.
We felt we were a step away from these things happening.
If something is absurd, it indicates how things might be down the road a couple of blocks.
But this felt like, Oh s—, were on the same block!
Utopiais a very chaotic show.
How might Dr. Christie react to things not going the way he planned?
Hes the kind of person who always has a contingency.
He always has a plan b and a plan c. He bakes that into the process.
Hes the kind of person where failure is not an option.
Its not even entertained.
