Diego Luna Archives

It was a little less a month ago when Diego Luna put the word out that he was nearing the end of filming on Tony Gilroy (Rogue One), Disney+ & Lucasfilm's "Rogue One" prequel series Star Wars: Andor During the Emmy Awards red carpet, Luna was asked about potentially being involved more in the "Star Wars"[...]

It's safe to say that Andor is probably the most espionage and creatively ambitious Star Wars project in the Disney era, and it's thanks to creator Tony Gilroy, who helped Gareth Edwards in 2016's Rogue One, the standalone franchise film it precedes, focusing on Diego Luna's Cassian Andor Cassian was the mercenary-turned-rebel who joined Jyn[...]

We have some good news to pass along concerning Tony Gilroy (Rogue One), Disney+ & Lucasfilm's Diego Luna-starring "Rogue One" prequel series Star Wars: Andor – and it comes courtesy of Luna During the Emmy Awards red carpet, Luna was asked about potentially being involved more in the "Star Wars" universe beyond the series[...]

All Rights Reserved Anakin's Audition and Darth Vader's Return In conversation with fellow Star Wars alum Diego Luna for Variety, the eventual Darth Vader actor shared his audition experience, noting, "I loved Star Wars, and when the audition came around, it was exciting, but it felt just unattainable I remember meeting George Lucas for the first time,[...]

Diego Luna reprised his role as Cassian Andor from the 2016 film, which itself was a direct prequel to 1977's A New Hope The original plan for the series is two seasons with Gilroy and Luna content wrapping the story up directly before the events of the film, where he meets Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones)[...]

With the popularity of the film, a follow-up spinoff Andor with Rogue One star Diego Luna chronicle the story of how Cassian Andor started from a mercenary and became a revolutionary The series was meticulously planned by showrunner and creator Tony Gilroy only to be two seasons, and there are specific plans he has in[...]

With Andor planned as a two-season series, questions naturally turned to Felicity Jones, who played Jyn Erso in 2016's Rogue One, opposite Diego Luna, who played Cassian Andor in the film and in the current prequel show on Disney+ As showrunner and creator Tony Gilroy explained, the end of season two will lead directly into[...]

With production currently underway on the second season of Tony Gilroy (Rogue One), Disney+ & Lucasfilm's Diego Luna-starring "Rogue One" prequel series Star Wars: Andor, Luna took some time out from filming the streaming series' final run to share why he wanted to return to tell more of Cassian Andor's story, what he likes about[...]

Diego Luna has plenty to celebrate, with Andor receiving two Critics Choice Nominations with the Disney+ series under consideration for Best Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series for the series lead The actor, who plays the title character Cassian Andor, spoke to Collider about working with showrunner and creator Tony Gilroy and[...]

After a first season that hit well with both critics and "Star Wars" fans, production is already underway on the second season of Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Tony Gilroy (Rogue One), Disney+ & Lucasfilm's Diego Luna-starring "Rogue One" prequel series Star Wars: Andor And while it might be some time before the next chapters hit our[...]

The creator, showrunner, and writer spoke with Entertainment Weekly about Cassian's (Diego Luna) path from apathetic mercenary to righteous freedom fighter Among the questions that Gilroy addressed include isolating the hero's mindset at the beginning of season two and the extremes that Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) will go against the Empire and other major players[...]

With season one wrapped in "Rix Road," there are several character-defining moments for Diego Luna's Cassian in the Disney+ series Andor When we originally find the mercenary-turned-freedom fighter, we discover how grassroots and covert the operation is The actor spoke to Entertainment Weekly to break down everything from fan reactions, Cassian's relationship with his mother[...]

Tony's brother Dan Gilroy and Beau Willimon will return for season two of the Diego Luna-starred series, and joining them are Tim Bissell (The Mosquito Coast). (L-R): Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), Arvel Skeen (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Karis Nemik (Alex Lawther, seated), and Vel Sartha (Faye Marsay) in Lucasfilm's ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+ ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd[...]

As we're passed the halfway point of season one of Andor, Disney+ released a featurette called Andor: Uprising Unveiled: Episodes 4-6 Recap, where creator Tony Gilroy and star Diego Luna break down three of the episodes, largely focusing on the heist from Cassian & company partake from the Galactic Empire. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm's[...]

While assembling his team, he wanted to ensure they set aside any favoritism for Star Wars while working on the project. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in Lucasfilm's ANDOR, exclusively on Disney+ ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM All Rights Reserved. "In every department, we've had all kinds of people come in, and they know it's Star Wars, so[...]

Since the release of 2016's Rogue One, most of the Star Wars universe, including star Diego Luna thought his journey along with those in the core cast would be it With the Disney+ release of Andor, the actor reflected on his path back to Cassian Andor on quote tweeting his casting announcement, "More than 4[...]

Diego Luna was ready to put the Star Wars franchise behind him following 2016's Rogue One that saw all his character Cassian Andor meet his fateful end in a valiant effort to retrieve the Death Star plans along with his entire team "I was shocked," Luna told Variety at the Andor premiere when he received[...]

The 2016 film, which he co-wrote, featured Rebel spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) on an infiltration mission with a ragtag group to steal plans to the Death Star Gilroy was also responsible for extensive reshoots in place of director Gareth Edwards He recalled the conversation with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy following its success "I remember[...]

Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy and star Diego Luna have a perfectly logistical reason why we shouldn't expect Rogue One (2016) re-programmed imperial droid K-2SO any time soon The character voiced by Alan Tudyk became a Star Wars fan favorite for its hulking frame only matched by its witty charm Gilroy and Luna discussed the matter[...]

(L-R) NATASHA LYONNE as Merton, DWAYNE JOHNSON as Krypto, DIEGO LUNA as Chip, KEVIN HART as Ace, and VANESSA BAYER as PB in Warner Bros Pictures' animated action adventure "DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS," a Warner Bros Pictures release. BC: When you landed the cast, you certainly got a lot of powerhouses Did you anyone penciled in[...]

In general, I'm confident that we got the best stuff on screen that we could come up with. DC League of Super-Pets, which also stars Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, Natasha Lyonne, Vanessa Bayer, Diego Luna, Marc Maron, and Keanu Reeves, is in theaters. When Jared Stern was tasked to bring Krypto the Superdog and DC League[...]

Diego Luna plays the title character Cassian Andor, who was originally introduced in 2016's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The series acts as a prequel to the Gareth Edwards film On display during San Diego Comic-Con 2022 are Cassian and Mon Mothma, who is played by Genevieve O'Reilly O'Reilly has been playing the character[...]

Series stars Diego Luna & Genevieve O'Reilly, creator Tony Gilroy (Rogue One) & producer Sanne Wohlenberg had a lot more than just an official teaser, key art & preview images, and a confirmed premiere date of August 31st to offer Gilroy confirmed a two-season, five-year story timeline that will spell out over 24 episodes) The[...]

If you're a Rogue One fanatic like Bleeding Cool's Editor-in-Chief & on-site Star Wars Celebration reporter Kaitlyn Booth, then you were liking what Andor star Diego Luna & Genevieve O'Reilly, creator Tony Gilroy & producer Sanne Wohlenberg, had to share during this afternoon's "Lucasfilm's Studio Showcase" presentation The Disney+ & Lucasfilm series will be set five[...]

Image courtesy of Lucasfilm The scene in question saw the final two surviving members of the band of rebels in Jyn Erso (Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) having just completed their mission transmitting the plans to the Death Star to the awaiting Rebel fleet above the planet surface, in an embrace beachside as they prepare[...]

The series centres on Cassian Andor, the Rebellion spy played by Diego Luna in the movie "Everything I did, I did for the Rebellion." The series, which takes place before Rogue One, will show some of the things Andor did that caused his world-weariness, his burnout, his despair by the time Jyn Erso meets him[...]

Since that time, things have been pretty quiet- and then Diego Luna (Narcos) checked in with Jimmy Kimmel on Kimmel's late-night ABC talk show Want to guess where he was at the time? London Want to know why he was there? That's right, work is underway on the "Star Wars" universe series In the clip below,[...]

Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner, the disc will come with quite a few special features on the disc, covering the making of the film and the special effects Elysium follows District 9 to 4K, as the more well known Blomkamp film hit the medium[...]

But when the series does return, it will be without Diego Luna's drug cartel leader Félix Gallardo and showrunner Eric Newman (Bright, Power Project) Considering Luna's Gallardo was sentenced to prison at the end of the second season (and because Luna's in pre-production on "Star Wars" spinoff series Rogue One), the confirmation of his leaving[...]

A little more than a month since we checked in with Diego Luna (Narcos) regarding production on Disney+'s upcoming Rogue One series and about a month before the live-action "Star Wars" prequel series is expected to start filming, Deadline Hollywood is reporting that there is a change happening in the director's chair for the first three[...]