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Liberal actress Genevieve O’Reilly of Disney’s Star Wars series “Andor” says her inspiration for doing the show came from female politicians.
O’Reilly said she was inspired by Reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Liz Cheney, and former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
Genevieve O'Reilly is continuing a #StarWars legacy, showing new sides of Mon Mothma in #Andor.https://t.co/21sMRi042k pic.twitter.com/zF7Qdk3OkQ
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O’Reilly said, “I did look to female leaders worldwide to remind myself of what those women are fighting for, and… to see how they navigate a still very male-dominated world.”
“All those women have moments and very public moments that we’ve seen recently where they’ve had to stand up for themselves.”
The politicians O’Reilly mentioned as inspirational all have a common dislike for President Donald Trump.
Genevieve O'Reilly was first cast as Mon Mothma way back for Revenge in a minor role that was mostly left on the cutting room floor. 10 yrs later they bring her back for continuity in Rogue One and now she's finally getting an opportunity to fully explore the character in #Andor pic.twitter.com/5C95jUi88y
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Fiona Shaw, who stars in “Andor,” said, “Tony (Gilroy -screenwriter of Andor) has written a great, scurrilous [take] on the Trumpian world.”
Shaw added, “Our world is exploding in different places right now, people’s rights are disappearing, and Andorreflects that. [In the show] the Empire is taking over, and it feels like the same thing is happening in reality, too.”
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Andor, which debuts today on Disney+, is a prequel series spin-off of the 2016 Star Wars movie Rogue One. The series takes place five years before the Rogue One story, with actor Diego Luna reprising his role as Rebel Alliance spy Cassian Andor.
The series, created by Rogue One screenwriter Tony Gilroy, also stars Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, and Fiona Shaw.
As Breitbart News reported, Fiona Shaw recently indicated the series will have an anti-Trump aesthetic by portraying a “Trumpian” world where “people’s rights are disappearing.”
