“She’s writhing in pain,” O’Reilly says of Mon Mothma’s chaotic episode 3 dance.
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Mon Mothma?
More like Mon Mosh-ma.
Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) in season 2 of ‘Andor’.Credit:Lucasfilm Ltd
“It was everything,” O’Reilly says of finally getting to drop Mon’s mask for a moment.
“It’s such a special moment.
However, O’Reilly cautions against viewers taking it as a moment of abandon rather than one of distress.
Tony Gilroy and Genevieve O’Reilly on the set of ‘Andor’ season 2.Lucasfilm Ltd
“Yes, it’s this extraordinary, wild, free dance movement,” she adds.
“But it’s also because she’s writhing in pain because of what she’s just done.
written by composer Nicholas Britell.
Perrin Fertha (Allistair Mackenzie), Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) and Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) in season 2 of ‘Andor’.Courtesy of Lucasfilm
Audiences heard it a few times in the first season.
“This is the big, galactic hit version,” O’Reilly says.
Gosh, we had so much fun that day.”
O’Reilly might have had a blast, but Mon Mothma most decidedly is not.
“Luthen’s really called her out on any romantic notion of rebellion,” she notes.
“We’re all dispensable.
It all comes with a cost, and Tay is a really dangerous threat to them at that moment.
He knows so much about her.”
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“He was instrumental in everything that happened in season 1,” she says of Tay.
Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma in ‘Andor’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
Now, it seems he’s kneeling at the altar of false idols with Sculdun (Richard Dillane).
Andorseason 2 drops new episodes Tuesdays on Disney+.
