{"id":1175672,"date":"2026-02-13T22:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=558627"},"modified":"2026-02-13T22:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T22:13:21","slug":"how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place\/","title":{"rendered":"How Issa Rae\u2019s Black Mirror character found love in a virtual place"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/555602\/black-mirror-season-7-scariest-best-episode-healthcare\">Black Mirror<\/a> <\/em>can sometimes be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/555730\/black-mirror-plaything-real-game-thronglets\">bit of a mindfuck<\/a>, but Issa Rae felt clear on one thing when she signed up: Her episode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/556460\/black-mirror-san-junipero-hotel-reverie-queer-love-story\">reminded her of \u201cSan Junipero.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cHotel Reverie\u201d shares a lot of connective tissue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2019\/6\/5\/18654100\/black-mirror-striking-vipers-review-queer-gender-issues\">episodes of <em>Black Mirror<\/em>\u2019s past<\/a>, but the queer love story taking place entirely in a virtual world definitely ties \u201cHotel Reverie\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2016\/10\/28\/13452942\/black-mirror-season-3-san-junipero-ending\">\u201cSan Junipero\u201d<\/a> more directly together. In a press junket, Rae explains that only series creator and writer Charlie Brooker would know for sure, but it\u2019s not hard to make the connection between the two episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201c[Brooker] established this kind of world where <em>Black Mirror<\/em> episodes already talk to each other and there are Easter eggs,\u201d she said in a press roundtable. \u201cSo I would imagine yes, given that there&#8217;s an Easter egg for \u2018San Junipero\u2019 in ours, that he had it in mind \u2014 and it&#8217;s big shoes to fill. So I just hope that people can look at them both separately, but also appreciate them both as complements to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brandy shaking hands with Clarie in the black and white movie. From Black Mirror\u2019s \u201cHotel Reverie\u201d\" title=\"Brandy shaking hands with Clarie in the black and white movie. From Black Mirror\u2019s \u201cHotel Reverie\u201d\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In \u201cHotel Reverie,\u201d Rae takes on the role of actress Brandy Friday \u2014 who in turn takes on the lead role in a simulated remake of <em>Hotel Reverie<\/em>, a fictional 1940s romantic movie. Aside from Brandy, all the actors are artificial intelligence and the set is entirely virtual. Brandy plays Dr. Alex Palmer, the male lead, who in the original is played by a white British man.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">To put a finer point on it: Rae plays Brandy, a modern-day actress, who\u2019s playing Dr. Alex Palmer, a character from a 1940s movie, who was previously played by Ralph Redwall, a fictional actor, who IRL is played by real-life actor Enzo Cilenti. Rae is an actress on a Netflix TV show who plays an actress signing up to film a movie that turns out to be an AI simulation that draws not just from the original movie but also everything the actors put into their performances, which also includes their own real lives \u2014 phew! That\u2019s a lot to wrap one\u2019s head around, and Rae knew it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">[<strong>Ed. note:<\/strong> This post contains spoilers for the third episode of <em>Black Mirror<\/em> season 7.]<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cPlaying a male actor in the \u201940s and having to embody that and not knowing what level to embody it and what a remake looks like and what would be considered a good remake in these times, if that&#8217;s even a consideration,\u201d Rae said after listing some of the many layers that came with the episode.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In the episode, Brandy is pretty excited for this remake, which she sees as a chance to break out of the usual roles she gets typecast as, like action star\u2019s love interest or tragic character in an Oscar-bait drama. Before diving into the role of Alex, Brandy takes the time to research the movie \u2014 particularly Dorothy Chambers, the actress who originally played the role of melancholy heiress Clara (in the episode, she\u2019s played by Emma Corrin). Even before Brandy meets Clara in the simulation, she\u2019s drawn to the mysterious actress, who died a tragic and enigmatic death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cBrandy recognized an element of Dorothy&#8217;s loneliness, an element of Dorothy not being able to be her full self and tap into her full potential,\u201d explains Rae. \u201cShe recognized those elements in her. There is a reverence and a respect there of just this person from the past, this actress who had this tragic journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">All that and <em>then<\/em> having that AI react to Brandy and physically touch her turns the whole experience super intense. Where does Clara end and Dorothy begin? If the AI slowly becomes more aware and starts going off-program, at what point does she transcend into her own personhood?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI can only imagine being in that scenario for real,\u201d Rae says. \u201cAnd I had so many questions, and with that, I could completely see myself enamored. If you put me in a movie with [&#8230;] Tupac \u2014 I find him very attractive. He was just so, so smart, and you know that he&#8217;s going to die soon and you want to save him. I can only imagine if I were placed in that movie, the range of emotions I would feel; I&#8217;ll fall in love too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Of course, in real life, the connection and chemistry between the two leads was carved out by something more grounded than AI simulations and virtual longing: good old-fashioned bonding exercises.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI credit Haolu [Wang, the director of the episode] for making us play these stupid improv games together to get to know each other,\u201d Rae laughs. \u201cThat really helped to bond us. It was so much fun. That was obviously her main intention. You have to believe that these two people who are from these different time periods, different worlds, living and dead, would and could fall for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Still, like Brandy was starstruck with Dorothy, Rae found herself intrigued by Corrin\u2019s performance and career. That fascination definitely helped sell Brandy\u2019s completely dazzled look when she first sees the virtual version of Clara.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201c[The improv] was just the standard bonding thing that actors do, but [I also had] a genuine curiosity about who Emma was and who Emma is,\u201d she explains. \u201cAnd also kind of just falling in love with them as a performer, watching Emma transform into Dorothy, into this 1940s starlet, was just so remarkable \u2014 down to the accent and the mannerisms and the way that Dorothy would glide. It was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/tv\/558627\/black-mirror-issa-rae-interview-hotel-reverie\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Mirror can sometimes be a bit of a mindfuck, but Issa Rae felt clear on one thing when she signed up: Her episode reminded her of \u201cSan Junipero.\u201d \u201cHotel Reverie\u201d shares a lot of connective tissue with episodes of Black Mirror\u2019s past, but the queer love story taking place entirely in a virtual world definitely ties \u201cHotel Reverie\u201d and \u201cSan Junipero\u201d more directly together. In a press junket, Rae explains that only series creator and writer Charlie Brooker would know for sure, but it\u2019s not hard to make the connection between the two episodes.\u00a0 \u201c[Brooker] established this kind of world where Black Mirror episodes already talk to each other and there are Easter eggs,\u201d she said in a press roundtable. \u201cSo I would imagine&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/how-issa-raes-black-mirror-character-found-love-in-a-virtual-place\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1175673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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