Everyone is on form in Andor - through both seasons of the show… though I have to give some extra props to Elizabeth Dulau for her performance as Kleya Marki in this. Those last three episodes were something else.
Spoiler for S2xE10…
Also all credit and kudos to April V Woods - who played ‘young Kleya’ in the flashback scenes; she absolutely nailed it - completely believed she was the young version of Kleya. On those scenes… also props to everyone involved in de-aging Stellan Skarsgård - it was really some a high quality accomplishment.
“And she gives us that Mona Lisa moment at the end” - Tony Gilroy…
'Kleya actress Elizabeth Dulau posts a message to the ANDOR fans:-
“I can’t reply to everyone but I’m seeing all your lovely messages and honestly thank you so much, it means the world ❤️ I am immensely proud of our beautiful show Andor and I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed it.”’
^ from https://x.com/sw_holocron/status/1922746135900279115
Tony Gilroy on Kleya…
“She’s actually been in charge of the thing from day one, from the moment they met. Kleya’s been in charge of everything. She really has been the boss. He’s afraid of her all the way through. If you go back and look at the whole show, she really is the navigator all the way through, from the time they met. And that’s a really cool thing to play with.”
and…
“The moment where she’s on Yavin at the end… and she’s seen Vel, during the final montage, [Elizabeth Dulau] gave just the little slightest Mona Lisa, kind of bit of pleasure that she realizes what her contribution has been. She sees what they’ve built. As much as she’s been against Yavin and against the establishment and felt like an outsider. There’s just this, oh my God, it’s shaded so beautifully! You just almost see this, just the beginning of a little bit of satisfaction with what they’ve done.”
^ from Andor’s Tony Gilroy on how Kleya was actually in charge - at Nerdist.
Also all the kudos and props to Andor casting director Nina Gold, Tony Gilroy and the Andor writers, as well as the actors themselves who played some menacing and memorable Imperials / protagonists / related characters throughout this series…
Obviously the likes of Dedra Meero, Syril Karn, Eedy Karn, Lio Partagaz, and Lonni (you beautiful Rebel, you!)
…yet also Mosk, Chief Hyne, Kravas & Verlo - the 2 Morlana brothel cops, Blevin, Lagreat, Heert, Jayhold Beehaz, Pettiger, the Imperial radio operator in ‘The Eye’, Skeen, Timm, Nurchi, Corv, Gorst, Yularen, Kloris, the delightful Narkina 5 Intake Warden, Narkina 5’s ‘Voice Of God’, the arrogant Imperial Captain of the Cantwell Class Arrestor Cruiser (vs Luthen and his modified Fondor Haulcraft), Pluti, Captain Kado on Ghorm, Sergeant Gharial and the Imperial tactical team in 2x12… the list goes on…
Andor creator Tony Gilroy praises actor Anton Lesser - aka Lio Partagaz (via Variety)…
“Anton Lesser, I mean, that actor is one of the many blessings of making this show… if you go back and just did a supercut of his scenes, you see not only how great he is, and not only how funny he is, but that dude is carrying so much expositional weight so effortlessly for the writers on this show. If you’ve got to get some story across, Anton will deliver it for you, man.”
Rare ANTON LESSER INTERVIEW on ANDOR | “Don’t think Star Wars, think John le Carré” - 3 minute video from MovieZine