10 Crazy Westworld Theories You Won't Believe

8. Arnold Is Ford's Brother

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Likelihood: 4/5

The little robotic boy we have seen knocking around may have had a highly irritating english accent, but it seems that's all it takes to play a young Anthony Hopkins. It was no surprise then that the creepy robo-kid was in fact modelled on Hopkins' Robert Ford.

However, what about that other boy robot we met in Episode 6? Known only as Ford's brother Tommy, there has to be something more to this family gathering. When Jeffrey Wright's entered the house in the woods he incorrectly identified Ford's father as the mysterious Arnold - the man who is causing havoc in Westworld. Remember that the only image we have seen of "Arnold" so far was an old image in Ford's office

Did some clever camerawork hide the other half of the picture which contained the "real" Arnold? If you look closely, there could easily be another half of the picture, which you can assume contains actual Arnold.

But, why not just show us? It doesn't quite marry up Ford called the brother robot Tommy, but if Arnold really is Ford's brother, it also nicely fits the analogy that Robert and Arnold are Cain and Abel - with Robert killing off his own brother for being competition. It is always nice to slip in a biblical reference.

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