Adria Arjona, who plays Rebel ally Bix Caleen in Andor, has revealed she got a “stick-and-poke” tattoo whilst on a lunch break from filming the second series of the hit Disney+ show, dedicated to her character.
“I got a Bix tattoo! By the way, you’re the first person I’ve told about this, press wise,” Arjona said while revealing arm the tattoo to a THR reporter. “It’s a little tiny x for Bix, and I got it … Can I say it? Disney can’t fire me. I already shot it. It’s in the can. I got it while I was on set. My makeup artist did a stick-and-poke [tattoo] in the middle of a lunch break.”
The “stick-and-poke” method of tattooing is something you’re more likely to see in the cells of a prison, rather than on the set of premium franchise TV show – but here we are. Arjona was so hardcore with her inkwork that none of her other Andor co-stars wanted a piece of the action:
“No, I think everyone was too scared,” Arjona explained. “They were like, ‘A stick-and-poke at lunch? Can we get fired?’ And I was like, ‘It’s too late!'”
Stream the first season of Andor exclusively on Disney+ now, with the second/final season due in 2025.
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