Stellan Skarsgard has joined the cast of the Disney+ show Andor, in an as yet undetermined role, and he recently spoke to The Daily Beast about why he joined the show.
After explaining why the chance of getting to work with director Denis Villeneuve on Dune led him to endure eight full hours in the make-up chair to play the grotesque villain Baron Harkonnen, Skarsgård told the Daily Beast why he joined the Rogue One prequel starring Diego Luna as rebel spy Cassian Andor. It was basically the same reason: the chance to work with the acclaimed screenwriter Tony Gilroy, who not only wrote the screenplay for Rogue One, but will be executive-producing Andor. It turns out Skarsgård somewhat enjoyed that particular Star Wars story, and the rest of the franchise… not so much.
“When I saw Rogue One, it had much more atmosphere and seemed a little more mature—and that was Tony Gilroy, who’s the showrunner on this one,” Skarsgård explained. “So, hopefully this one will be a little more than little plastic people falling over.”
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