Andor star Alex Lawther had no idea that his speech in the Star Wars show is so popular until Tony Gilroy told him.
Lawther played Nemik in the show, who delivered his iconic manifesto during the Aldhani storyline. The speech was played again in the Andor season 2 finale, being listened to by Partagaz moments before his death by suicide.
"I had no idea," Lawther told Polygon of the speech's popularity. But, Gilroy contacted him to tell him about the manifesto's appearance in the final episode, which is how he learned.
"He wrote this very beautiful email about the resonance of that particular piece of writing," Lawther explained, then read out a line of the email.
"I'm sure you're aware of how deeply our work together has landed – And I was like, Oh, actually, I'm not really that aware of those things," he added.
And, while Lawther is glad he has such a key part in Andor's story, he is sad about the way he left the show. "Because of Tony's cleverness, I get to sort of live on in a way," he said. "But I wish I hadn't been killed by that trolley full of credits."
Andor season 2 has become the most critically acclaimed live-action Star Wars show ever, drawing high profile praise too from the likes of Pedro Pascal and George R.R. Martin. It also picked up five Emmy wins, despite being snubbed in the acting categories.
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