![]() ![]() And as Dedra, I was like, ‘Oh my god, sit up.’ Her meticulousness just appeals to everything. ![]() When I was sitting, there's another character in this office who is kind of messy– his uniform was a bit messy and he was slouched. The thing that’s really frustrating for her, and what was really brilliant, was the things that really annoy her. I had a scene where I had to walk into the building and I remember thinking how great she feels in that uniform, like everything about working for the Empire is everything that she wants. And she wants to really make her mark in this industry of the Empire. “I think Dedra is so proud of herself that she's working in this incredible organization. So yeah, I'm getting a real thrill being able to play her.” I mean, I do kind of love that you're thinking ‘Oh, go girl,’ and then you remember she's in a fascist organization. I love portraying the effect that power just has on a person– the danger of that pursuit of power and control, regardless of gender. They're sort of outsiders within the ISB. We've been talking a lot about this– about Dedra and Syril and how they come into this world. ![]() What I love about playing her is that she's in this very male-dominated world, and she's seeing around her the way that people are missing what she can see is happening. “And when we meet her, she's at the low end of the ladder, she's incredibly ambitious and meticulous. “Dedra is an ISB officer,” says Denise Gough about her character Dedra Meero. ![]() I dropped my coffee and my inner child was pretty happy.” And oh, there are a bunch of stormtroopers. There's all this amazing stuff going on that's relevant to today. There was this whole crowd milling about before we'd started filming, and the crowd somehow was parted and there was this line of Stormtroopers, and at that point I had sort of forgotten that I was in Star Wars because I was like, ‘Oh, I'm in this socio-political drama that's also a family drama and a love story. “I remember coming to one of the sets: the town that had been built by the production design and the set units. Soller also commented on Andor’s intricately detailed production design. So really, what Tony created– having a character that wasn't really sure about himself– was what made it the most fun to play.” And he finds a place to be seen if he can supersede his station and climb those ranks. He came from a place of such lack– it's such a pain in his home life that he's trying to fill this void within himself through the fascist, corporate, bureaucratic structure where he finds order. He could go into the Empire he could go into the Rebel Alliance. “He had created a character that was really three-dimensional and had a big question mark over him– he could kind of go either way. “What attracted me to the role was Tony writing,” says Kyle Soller about why he accepted the role of Syril Karn. Soller and Gough recently participated in a virtual press conference in promotion of Andor, in which they both discussed their intriguing roles in the series. Next month two new villains will be introduced to fans of A Galaxy Far, Far Away via the new Disney+ live-action series Star Wars: Andor– Deputy Inspector Syril Karn (portrayed by Anna Karenina’s Kyle Soller) and Imperial Security Bureau Supervisor Dedra Meero (Denise Gough from the 2010 version of Robin Hood). Where would the Star Wars franchise be without its villains? From Darth Vader to Emperor Palpatine and Darth Maul to Kylo Ren, the bad guys of the Star Wars universe often end up being some of its most interesting and compelling characters. ![]()
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