Actress Genevieve O’Reilly is eager for fans to see what she has to bring to the table in Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars live-action series, “Andor,” which premieres on September 21.
In the original Star Wars trilogy, there were only four women with speaking roles: Princess Leia, Aunt Beru, an unnamed Rebel on Hoth, and Mon Mothma, played by Caroline Blakiston, 89.
Although Mon Mothma didn’t get much screen time in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi,” her character will be given a more prominent role in the upcoming Disney+ series. O’Reilly, 45, is no stranger to the character; he made an appearance in the prequel trilogy, but most of his scenes in 2005’s “Revenge of the Sith” ended up on the cutting room floor.
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After appearing in 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and lending his voice to the animated cartoon “Star Wars Rebels,” O’Reilly is set to give Star Wars fans a look at Mon Mothma they’ve never seen before.
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Genevieve O’Reilly Will Give Star Wars Fans a New Look at Mon Mothma in ‘Andor’
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Although Mon Mothma plays an important role in the show, the title “Andor” is a nod to Cassian Andor. Diego Luna will reprise his role from “Rogue One”, however, series creator Tony Gilroy, who also worked on the 2016 film, has said that the new show is as much about Mon Mothma as it is about Andor.
Set several years before the events of the film, fans will see the Rebel Leader serving as a politician in the Galactic Senate, trying to make changes against the oppressive Empire.
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In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, O’Reilly teased that the upcoming Disney+ series will reveal different sides to his character.
“We really got to develop her as a character, and we got to learn about her not just as a senator, but as a woman,” O’Reilly said.
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Some of the things the series will explore are “what is his life like, what does he have to face, what are the dangers to his life, what is the cost of being him.”
Tony’s writing is so complicated and tense. It lives in the world of this spy genre, a sociopolitical drama, but it’s set in the world of Star Wars,” he added. “So it feels universal and intimate at the same time.”
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O’Reilly Still Takes His Inspiration From Mon Mothma In ‘Return of the Jedi’
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When she was first cast as Mon Mothma in “Revenge of the Sith,” Genevieve O’Reilly said that she watched Caroline Blakiston’s scenes in “Return of the Jedi” to prepare for the role. Although he has played the character several times since the film’s release in 2005, he continues to look back at Blakiston’s 1983 scene for inspiration.
“I’ve always had a crush on him, and every time I play him, I go back to that scene,” he said, adding that while wearing his white cape helped, it was hearing Blakiston’s voice that really helped him get into character. , especially when he remembered the iconic line about the Bothans.
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“You can see when Caroline does that in that scene, for me, there’s always a pain in the middle of it,” O’Reilly explained.
“You could see that she was in pain, and I really wanted to know what that was about. What had happened in this woman’s life?” he asked. “What did it cost to be him? What sacrifices did he have to make along the way to become the leader of the rebellion?”
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While “Andor” will answer some of those questions, when the show begins, Andor and Mon Mothma have yet to join hands. In fact, they were on two completely different planets when the show took place, and it would take several episodes before the two characters finally met.
However, O’Reilly just hopes fans will enjoy seeing another side to the Rebel Leader.
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“We see her talking to the senator, and then we meet her at home with her husband,” O’Reilly revealed. “We see the public and the private. We see her literally and figuratively take off her cloak and reveal herself as a woman in a way we’ve never seen before.”
Fans can see Genevieve O’Reilly reprise her role as Mon Mothma when “Andor” kicks off with three new episodes on September 21.
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