Chernobyl and His Dark Materials star Robert Emms is the latest addition to the cast of the Cassian Andor prequel series to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Filming on Andor is still underway in the United Kingdom given its 12-episode first season and location shooting, but it’s expected to wrap sometime this summer. Deadline now reports Chernobyl actor Robert Emms has joined the Rogue One prequel series in an undisclosed role as production continues.
Robert Emms joins a star-studded Andor cast which features Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Fiona Shaw, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, and Genevieve O’Reilly. Toby Haynes, Ben Caron, and Susanna White are all directors on the Star Wars series, with Stephen Schiff and Tony Gilroy attached as writers.
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Here is the official synopsis for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story:
From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
Directed by Gareth Edwards from a screenplay co-written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy based on a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta, Rogue One stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is available on Digital HD, Blu-Ray, and DVD, while Andor will hit Disney Plus in 2022. Stay tuned for all the latest news on Diego Luna’s Andor, and be sure to subscribe to Heroic Hollywood’s YouTube channel for more great video content!
Source: Deadline
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