Black Mirror Season 6 Adds Aaron Paul (Will There Be a ‘USS Callister 2’?), Zazie Beetz, Kate Mara and Others

Ryan Schwartz
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Casting has been announced for Black Mirror Season 6 — and one particular name is sure to pique many a fan’s curiosity.

Variety reports that nine actors had been cast in as-yet-unspecified roles spanning the first three episodes of the first season in more than three years. Among them: Kate Mara (A Teacher), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful), Danny Ramirez (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Clara Rugaard (Still Star-Crossed), Auden Thornton (This Is Us), Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts)… and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad).

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Paul, of course, is no stranger to the Black Mirror Universe. In the memorable Season 4 installment “USS Callister,” his BB costar Jesse Plemons played Robert Daly, a nerdy recluse who ran a virtual-reality gaming company and spent his nights recreating his favorite sci-fi series, casting himself as a heroic starship captain. But over the course of the episode, it was revealed that — SPOILERS AHEAD — Daly’s virtual starship was actually a prison where he trapped clones of his most-hated coworkers and forced them to play along with his fantasies. Daly was eventually overthrown, at which point the USS Callister crew, now led by Cristin Milioti’s Captain Cole, encountered a second player attempting to control them: “Gamer691,” voiced by Paul.

You can watch a fun, Netflix-produced edit, combining scenes from Breaking Bad and the above-mentioned Black Mirror episode below:

Though there’s been no indication that Paul will appear in a sequel to “USS Callister,” there’d previously been rumblings about a followup of some sort — perhaps in the form of a standalone series.

“I’ve heard little buzzes,” Jimmi Simpson, who aboard the Callister played Lieutenant Walton, shared at the 2018 Television Critics Association winter press tour. “But I don’t believe anything until I’m working on set…. I would love it.”

But after all this time, a singular episode revisiting the Callister crew would seem more likely.

Variety first reported that Black Mirror had been renewed in mid-May — nearly three years after the release of Season 5. Additional Season 6 castings are expected to follow at a later date.

Would you be up for a return voyage aboard the USS Callister? Or would you like to see Paul appear as a new character in an unrelated storyline? Drop your thoughts in a comment below.

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