That big reveal at the end of Andor led to large fan hypothesis relating to Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) and her option to depart the insurgent base in season two of the hit Star Wars collection. And now in an interview with Collider, the actress opens up about why Bix left Cassian to his future in Rogue One, confirming theories which have abounded after the series finale.
“Yeah, I feel she is aware of,” Arjona stated, referring to when Bix grew to become conscious of her large secret. “I feel she is aware of when she’s making the [good-bye] letter. The one cause why I’m truly actually confirming it’s as a result of I heard [Andor creator Tony Gilroy] say ‘sure’. I wouldn’t have stated it in any other case.”
So, sure: Bix knew that she was pregnant with Cassian’s child when she left.
“She sees Cassian going the opposite route. She’s like, ‘I can’t be the explanation that he doesn’t get to do what he’s destined to do,’” she stated of her character’s inside battle about whether or not or to not inform him. “Particularly if she tells him that she’s pregnant, Cassian will give up all of it. Cassian is prepared to surrender all the things for Bix, and Bix is aware of that. That’s how essential Bix is for Cassian. It’s a giant sacrifice that she makes, a giant love sacrifice not just for what’s greatest for Cassian, but additionally for what’s greatest for the insurrection. She says it: ‘I select insurrection.’ However finally, she’s selecting the way forward for her household and the way forward for the galaxy that she’s going to lift this youngster in. It’s a giant mom intuition that kicks in. I don’t know the way she would have made that call in any other case.”
Understanding Cassian’s significance to the Insurrection is what motivates her to maintain it a secret within the hopes that he’ll return to them when its throughout. The transmission to her love is without doubt one of the most superbly highly effective moments within the collection and heartbreaking at that—since we all know the place Andor’s journey will finish.
That’s one thing Arjona shared was a problem to maintain out of her head whereas enjoying somebody who had unwavering hope she would meet him once more. “I needed to step away from my love of Rogue One and A New Hope to actually have the ability to play the letter and to have the ability to play the final shot, as a result of I used to be a bit too related, and Bix clearly isn’t.”
And that made Arjona’s learn of the traces within the letter much more impactful. “There’s an exquisite component of hope in that final scene. She says it in her letter: ‘When that is over, when it’s all accomplished, we’ll meet once more, and we’ll be tremendous.’ She has by no means had a doubt that Cassian will likely be again. There’s numerous hope in that final shot that he’ll be again they usually’ll increase a household. I feel that’s what’s so heartbreaking about it.”
It’s all the extra gut-wrenching and tear-inducing for followers of the characters who’ve gotten such an essential backstory that we’re simply not able to let go of but. It’s why the shock of child Andor was such a beacon of sunshine and an enormous payoff we see that Cassian doesn’t.
The profound and poignant ending was masterfully pulled off by Gilroy, Arjona elaborated. “When he informed me that the final shot of season two was going to be me holding Cassian’s child, it simply blew my thoughts, as a result of he informed me one thing very related initially of season one. He was like, ‘Don’t fear, it’s all going to repay.’”
“That’s one thing that numerous creatives promise to get the forged that they need, however by no means truly observe by on, and Tony truly adopted by and gave me numerous very pivotal moments on this season, after which gave me the tip.” The coda actually provides a satisfying layer to Andor’s sacrifice by specializing in Bix and the infant seeing the dawn he received’t stay to see. And as huge Arjona followers, we will’t assist however hope Bix’s story isn’t over but.
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