She was a highlight in a show full of highlights, a character grounded in the day-to-day mundanity of life on the Outer Rim who took her chance to chip away at the might of the Empire and who joined the fight against tyranny at great personal cost, ending the series 24 episodes later a mother, holding the child of the soon-to-be-heroically deceased Cassian Andor. The acress behind Bix Caleen – Adria Arjona – is now an actress on a rapidly rising trajectory, and speaking with Screenrant she delves into her past, present and future, a future that might (if the stars align) include a return to Bix.
“I have a little tattoo for Bix; a little X. My makeup artist on the show did it in my trailer, which nobody was very happy about. Tony [Gilroy] was like, ‘Don’t tell that story.’ Well, now the show’s done! It was a stick and poke, and she has it on her leg, and she tattooed me here. It was the last day on set. I was in tears, and it was a cute little way to wrap the character.”
“There’s a very permanent before and after Andor for me and for my career, just in terms of who I am as an actor and as a producer. And even how the audience views me. It was all thanks to Andor, so I’m really thankful to that show. I think I came out a very different person.”
“There’s a duality to this because I want to respect Tony’s ending to the show. But I also love this character so much that I would never say never. Well, I don’t know what I would say. It would have to be someone great behind it. Because it’s Tony, and because I got to create this character with him, I would like to pay that respect. So, it would have to be about who is involved.
But you never know! If I’m 75 years old, and they’re like, ‘Do you want to be in a Star Wars show?’ I’d be like, ‘Hell yeah, I don’t care! How much? They’re not really calling me, so I’ll do it.’ But I do want to respect Tony’s version of the ending for my character.”