While it’s likely no coincidence that the character played by Andy Serkis is called Kino, there’s no doubting the skill and craft that’s gone into his portrayal of the Narkina 5 floor manager Kino Loy in Star Wars: Andor, and while we as an audience can bask in his performance, as an actor he’s very clear to make it known how much he appreciates and admires the work done by Tony Gilroy and team on the show.
“Tony has got such authority and clarity of vision in constructing this world. The Star Wars universe is, on the whole, very good-and-evil or black-and-white. It’s very dark and light, and this is all about the gray areas. This is all about the murky, emotionally complex, grit in the oyster storytelling.
And he thrives. You can tell that he loves that arena with the prison ship, and all of the characters throughout the course of the series. But the prison ship and the arc that I’m part of really has all of that. It feels like he is telling a story about the power of the individual to fight against a divide-and-rule political system. It feels very contemporary, very Zeitgeist and yet mythic. And he has a very clear way of coming about that.”
