In a brand new interview with Associated Press, Diego Luna is already dreading the discharge of the ultimate season of Andor, even when the present nonetheless has two months left of capturing. As he continues to push for a nomination within the Best Actor class on the upcoming Emmys, the actor additionally took the prospect to discuss the shortage of Latino nominations over the previous few many years, a curse that’s just about meant to be damaged this yr.
Luna, actor and government producer on Andor, has by no means been shy about praising his collaboration with showrunner Tony Gilroy and the remainder of his workforce. And as he defined to AP, he’s not trying ahead to saying goodbye:
“I’m very excited filming, on a regular basis I really feel that we’re approaching the tip and, subsequently, the method is lived with a sure melancholy. There can also be an inevitable a part of saying how unhappy it’s to depart this workforce, to depart this dynamic, to depart this time dwelling right here.”
Diego Luna is considered one of 4 actors which are more likely to get a nomination this yr. The record additionally consists of fellow Star Wars actor Pedro Pascal for The Last of Us, Only Murders within the Building‘s Selena Gómez, and Jenna Ortega for Wednesday. It’s been some time since a Latino actor was nominated for Best Actor on the Emmys; actually, the one actor to have competed within the class is one other Star Wars veteran (who may probably be part of the second season of Andor too), Jimmy Smits, who received in 1990 for LA Law and scored 5 consecutive nominations for NYPD Blue, the final one being in 1999.
Luna spoke about this lack of nominations for Latino actors within the lead actor class and the way we might be on the verge of an enormous change due to the general shift to extra numerous tales within the trade:
“What makes me unhappy is the actual fact, the truth that the final nomination for a Latino actor on this class was so a few years in the past, it is vitally absurd figuring out the variety of fascinating tales which were informed, the variety of actors who’ve finished memorable jobs. But it’s additionally thrilling to know that I’m not the one one and that makes me assume that good issues are coming for individuals who appear to be me, who come from the place I come from.”
Last however not least, Luna additionally addressed the elephant within the room for the second season of Andor. During the primary batch of 12 episodes, we had been launched to an unlimited array of characters, most of whom are usually not in what’s now billed because the retroactive “collection finale”, 2016’s Rogue One. That means the brand new season should convey some finality to their arcs, and whereas Luna didn’t verify as a lot, that can in all probability imply tragic ends for a few of them:
“It’s the stability that makes this collection stick. I feel that if one thing characterizes this collection, it’s the depth it has within the portrait of its characters. Being the final season, you bought to comply with the trail of all these characters that you just met within the first, and properly, a lot of them are usually not in Rogue One and the tales need to be (introduced) to an finish.”
Andor is seeking to wrap manufacturing in August of this yr, concentrating on a launch date on Disney Plus by the tip of summer time 2024. While showrunner Tony Gilroy has been absent from the set since shortly after the WGA strike was known as, Stellan Skarsgård insisted lately that the collection has not been affected by it.
The Emmy nominations shall be introduced on July 12.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish pupil that has motion pictures as his second ardour in life. His favourite film of all time is The Lord of the Rings, however he’s additionally an enormous Star Wars fan. However, fantasy motion pictures are usually not his solely cup of tea, as motion pictures from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he began to grasp the language of filmmaking. He is that man who will watch a black and white film, simply because it’s in black and white.
