Diego Luna talks Andor: "You’re not going to believe that he's capable of what he does in Rogue One"

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rogue One was the first anthology film in a galactic franchise ripe for further exploration. Gareth Edward’s epic told the story of a small group of Rebels that defied an Empire and stole the plans for the enemy’s ultimate weapon, the Death Star. Now comes the spin-off to the spin-off, a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus series that delve𒀰s int🦄o the origins of Diego Luna’s break-out character, Cassian Andor.

Spoiler alert: Rogue One concludes with Cassian sacrificing himself to make sure the Death Star plans are safely delivered to Princess Leia. The upcoming s🐻eries, however, starts five years prior to that, with Cassian "as far as you can imagine away" from being a hero. 

of the magazine, featuring 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lord o﷽f the Rings: The Rings of Power on the cover. "Now, I had the cꦦhance to explore that with [showrunner] Tony [Gilroy], who’s an amazing collaborator and beautiful writer."

Luna points to a moment in Rogue One where Cassian tells Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso with a ferocious conviction that he’s "been in this f🍌ight since I was six🐎 years old."

"That talks about a wounded man," he says. "We find him in a place where he’s not aware of how capable he is of transforming or being part of change or executing such a sacrifice, but he is the man that comes out from fighting since he was six years old. He's a very interesting, dark, wounded person. Yo෴u’re not going to believe that he's capable of what he does ♛in Rogue One."

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