{"id":28551,"date":"2023-01-12T16:04:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1768073"},"modified":"2023-01-12T18:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:15:04","slug":"andors-adria-arjona-on-entering-the-star-wars-universe","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/andors-adria-arjona-on-entering-the-star-wars-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Andor\u2019s Adria Arjona on entering the Star Wars universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Stephen Kelly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 12 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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With the first season of Andor<\/a> having gone down a storm with fans<\/a>, and a second season on the way, Radio Times magazine<\/strong> caught up with Bix Caleen star Adria Arjona<\/a> to talk about her first foray into the Star Wars universe.<\/p>\n

Arjona was quick to point out that she\u2019s a \u201cbig fan\u201d of the franchise, before hyping up the \u201ccrazy\u201d sets, the secrecy and her \u201cbadass\u201d character\u2019s costume.<\/p>\n

She also revealed that she planned on getting a tattoo of Bix\u2019s name, although admits she hasn\u2019t done so\u2026 yet.<\/p>\n

Read on for the full interview with Adria Arjona.<\/p>\n

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Adria Arjona as Bix in Andor.<\/span><\/figcaption> Disney<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Nothing\u2019s bigger than Star Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big fan so being cast in Star Wars is a huge deal for me. At the beginning, I had all of this nervous energy, and you have to put that to the side and get to work. But then you get to set and everything you see and touch just reminds you that you\u2019re in Star Wars. The sets on Andor were enormous! They basically built a real, 360\u00b0 city. I could run anywhere. There was running water in the buildings! It was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t tell anyone \u2013 not even my mother<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSecrecy on Star Wars is serious. You desperately want to share what you\u2019re living through with the people you love, but there\u2019s also a responsibility to conserve the audience experience. The hardest person to keep secrets from was my mother because I know her too well. I thought, \u2018If I tell her, that\u2019s telling the whole of Puerto Rico. I can\u2019t do that. That\u2019s how I get fired.’\u201d<\/p>