Diego Luna On Getting To Know Cassian Andor In ‘Andor’, Paying Attention To Twitter Reaction
03.08.2022 - 21:19
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Diego Luna is excited to explore Cassian Andor’s backstory in the upcoming Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Andor”.
The actor, who originated the role in 2016’s “Rogue One”, says that while that film focused on one pivotal moment in the “Star Wars” universe, he was ready to peel back the layers on Cassian the moment he got the call about the series.
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“I love the film and it’s a film about an event, you know? You don’t get to know much about the characters,” Luna tells SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show”. “It’s an event that matters a lot in the story of ‘Star Wars’. It means so much for that, but you don’t get to know who Cassian is nor the others or what’s behind their story, you know?”
Now in “Andor”, Luna will get to explore Cassian’s origin story further and provide more context for his actions leading up to the events of “Rogue One”.
“It’s interesting to revisit that story in a long format where you can have so many layers, you know, where you can do the big adventure and action piece, but also a very intimate approach to characters and relationships,” he says of the series.
“I think that’s what’s really interesting [about] this show that we are gonna explore deeply into the people that make a revolution possible in a way. There’s a need for a revolution, but why someone would decide to become part of something big and leave everything behind in order to bring change,” Luna explains. “You know, what makes you sacrifice everything for a cause. That’s what, to me, was interesting to explore.”
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Fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of