“I didn’t find it healthy,” says Luna.
For the man playing Cassian, one looks ahead at the expense of ignoring the moment.
“To me, I learned in my life that it’s about living the present.
Diego Luna in ‘Andor’.Lucasfilm
It’s about enjoying what you’re doing.
And that was it.
Fair enough, but couldn’t they just keep going backwards?Star Warsloves its prequels.
Stellan Skarsgard and Diego Luna in ‘Andor’.Des Willie/Lucasfilm Ltd.
“No, impossible,” says Luna.
“It would have to be someone else, man.
I’m not getting any younger, so it definitely would have to be someone else.”
“For me, this is it.
In fact, it is that finality that allows the actor to focus on the work at hand.
“It does have a beginning and an end.
I think that’s needed, otherwise you’re always working to get somewhere else.
I don’t think that way.
Project that and work for that.'
Worry about what you’re doing today.
Do it the best way you’ve got the option to.
check that you give the most, and you give everything you have.
And something cool will happen if you do that.
And, if not, the journey was worth it.
So it’s about now, the moment.”
And that moment begins Sept. 21 on Disney+.
