The Good Omens actress plays Bix Caleen in the upcoming Disney+ series.
Adria Arjona is heading to a galaxy far, far away.
Arjona is Bix Caleen, a mysterious figure who crosses paths with Cassian on the planet Ferrix.
Adria Arjona in ‘Andor’.imdb
“Which she is.
That doesn’t negate that.
But I also think she has this incredible caring side that is sometimes detrimental to her own well-being.
[She seems like] she has everything put together, by the book.
You look at her and you’re like, ‘Oh, she knows what she’s doing.’
Yet she gets in tricky situations sometimes.”
It was still early in the COVID pandemic, and she wasn’t sure whether she should travel.
So, she called her mom for advice.
“She was like, ‘You have to go.
You’re a swan.
you could swim in a lake of s— and not get stained.
Let the Force be with you,’ " Arjona remembers with a laugh.
“I was like, okay!
Then, she hung up the phone on me, which has never happened in my entire life.
“It all happened within like 10 minutes.
Then, we go outside and he’s like, ‘Hey Diego, meet your new costar.
Adria, meet your new costar Diego.’
It was one of those moments where you’re like,Is this happening?
The casting director was having a heart attack.
She’s like, ‘This is not the way that it’s supposed to go.’
“The first day on set was pretty special,” she remembers.
“I was so nervous and scared and excited.
I almost wanted it to end, but I never wanted it to end at the same time.
I just really held on to Diego, and he sort of helped me through it.
Like I said, he’s a remarkable scene partner.
He understood because he was me when he didRogue One.
I was like an 11-year-old girl!”
