With 14 Emmy nominations Tuesday or the second season of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Andor — the third most ever for a Star Wars show after the second and first seasons of The Mandalorian (24 noms and 15 noms, respectively) — you’d think there be some cause to celebrate.
“There are a lot of performances that I wish were recognized,” Andor creator Tony Gilroy told Deadline today before specifying “Diego Luna and Genevieve O’Reilly. There are a dozen performances.”
The series, which takes place in the events before the 2016 movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a prequel itself to 1977’s original Star Wars: Episode IV, only scored one acting nom today: that being for Forest Whitaker in Guest Actor Drama for his portrayal of rebel renegade Saw Gerrera (two noms if you count the character voice-over performance for Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO). Gilroy has been praised by critics and fans for making one of the most sophisticated Star Wars series ever in regards to how its steeped in granular canon details as well as heavy social-political themes, many reflecting the divided red and blue era in which we live.
“These aren’t great moment-to-moment [performances],” Gilroy says about Luna, O’Reilly and the others who were overlooked by TV Academy voters. “These are epic, long-term character studies that they’ve done over 24 episodes. I think the ultimate victory is that these performances will be celebrated and discussed for years to come. I feel confident about that.”
Had Luna been nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Series, history would have been made as it would have repped the first time that two Latino nominees were in the category. Pedro Pascal was nominated in the category for HBO’s The Last of Us.
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While Gilroy cherished all the noms today, he was grateful Emmy voters recognized Luke Hull’s production design team (in narrative period/fantasy one hour or more) and Michael Wilkinson’s fantasy/sci-fi costumes team. Both were overlooked during Andor‘s first go-round at the Emmys.
There’s also a special one for Gilroy given that he’s a musician at heart (he left college early on in his career to play in a band): his original music and lyrics nom shared with Nicholas Britell for the ditty “We are the Ghor” from Episode 8, performed by the folks of Ghor. Dan Gilroy, Tony’s brother, received a nom for Drama Series writing (“Welcome to the Rebellion”).
More Star Wars in his future? Says Gilroy, who has worked on Andor for close to six years, “I’m prepping a movie now to shoot in L.A. next year. It’s not on the menu right now. I’ll never say never.”
Gilroy’s movie, titled Behemoth!, stars Oscar Isaac and is set in the world of film scoring. Searchlight is kicking the tires at financing it, but it’s not official yet.
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