Alex Lawther did not know how much his manifesto “ Andor ” struck until season 2

Many, many moments in small groups AndorThe first season, the passionate posthumous manifesto of Karis Nemik by Alex Lawther, providing the backdrop of Cassian’s return, remains one of the stars in the series – perhaps only when the recording made a surprise return in the second and last season of the show, repairing the message of the rebel as a fire through galaxy. But it was only when the man behind the performance himself learned about this return he made how much Mark Nemik had made Star Wars.

Lawther, who, between this brief audio recording the cameo Andor Season two and his turn as Joe D. Bertier Alien: earthmade “appearances” in two of the best science fiction programs of the year, Polygon told his surprise in a recent interview, revealing that he only learned about Nemik’s viral sensation from an email with the showrunner Tony Gilroy.

“I had no idea. He wrote this beautiful email on the resonance of this particular writing piece,” Lawther told Polygon on the message, which was sent by Gilroy to let the actor know that he would make a brief “return” in the culminating moments of AndorThe last episode, with an archives recording of the Nemik Manifesto, played by Anton Leser’s first ISB, Major Shavian before committing suicide rather than facing reprisals for the failures of the office.

“” I am sure you are aware of the depth of our work together landed, “said Lawther in Gilroy’s email (it may not be surprising to see that the showrunner has repeatedly followed chat Andor). “And I said to myself:” Oh, in fact, I am not really aware of these things. “”

But the actor is very grateful to see his performance live … even if poor Nemik did not do so. “Due to Tony’s intelligence, I can somehow live in a way,” concluded Lawther. “But I want I was not killed by this cart full of credits.”

We too, Lawther. We too.

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