Throughout StarWars, the Imperial characters have mostly been black and white, but with Andor exploring two lesser-known branches of the Empire, Denise Gough and Kyle Soller believe that their characters will add a little more gray to the mix
I was also on this incredible set that had been built. It was a town. It was like eight acres or something. It was a 360-degree set. You could go anywhere. But it had gotten to the point in filming where I really had forgotten that I was inbecause I was like, “I’m part of this sociopolitical drama that’s also a thriller, a family drama and a love story, with some space-y looking people.
Kyle, Syril Karn has one of the most fascinating character details in that he tailors his uniform, implying that he has OCD. And studies have shown that detectives with a degree of OCD tend to be more effective at their job. So is that how you saw Karn as well?I have to interrupt here because when I had my first fitting in Dedra’s uniform, I said to the designer, “This has to be tailored. It has to be nipped in here.” And he laughed and said, “I can’t believe it.
I don’t know how deep we’ll go into Dedra’s background, but when I spoke to Tony about it, it’s full of trauma and difficulty. That is something that has an effect on an adult, psychologically. If they have had a childhood like that, then they tend to try to have a very controlled existence when they’re older, so that they feel safe. She’s also power hungry, because she sees these other lazy guys getting to have power that they don’t deserve to have.
Both your characters are very by the book, and they both have the same obstacle in the form of Blevin . Could your two characters be useful to each other down the road?