Tony Gilroy on how unplanned Andor’s story was while writing it:
I’m not sure I was entirely in charge of what I think has emerged. I mean, we talked about that last time about how much of the show making and how much of the process is a surprise to me in the end, in a weird way. You know, that that, that the larger things reveal themselves.
I’m really… workin’ small. I mean periodically I’ll pull out and say “what’s the big picture and where am I going?” But really, it’s a microscope almost all the time to get there.
Contrast this with the control and rigidity once they hit production:
Never ever, ever, ever had a writer on the set. Our whole principle is to have the scripts be so prepped, so perfect, have so many meetings and so many design discussions and everything so completely taken care of.
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I want everything so perfect in every moment of tempo and design and everything. Everything’s been tucked away that these people can go to set every day and swing.
I’m fascinated that one person could commit so fully to such different approaches. And I love that the constraints afford a similar creative freedom to the visuals, performances, and direction that Tony Gilroy enjoyed on the page.