Diego Luna Says Andor Is 'Unlikely' to Happen to Him Again
Summary
The actor-director, at the festival with his Cannes-premiered drama about Latin American migrants in Madrid, said films that 'only seek to please' get forgotten quickly
Diego Luna, at San Sebastian with his directorial feature Ashes, reflected on the gap between working on a global franchise like Andor and directing an independent film, Variety reported. "It's unlikely it'll happen to me again," Luna said of the Star Wars spinoff's cultural reach, calling the experience of being "already there" in people's homes incomparable to anything else in his career. He drew a sharper line on what makes any film, large or small, worth making: "What really defines the projects is whether they champion a specific point of view. Then there's the other kind of cinema, films that lack that vision, that seek only to please, and generally don't let you be who you want to be. That's the kind of cinema that gets forgotten very quickly." Ashes, adapted from a novel by Brenda Navarro and starring Anna Diaz and Sergio Bautista, premiered at Cannes earlier this year and follows two siblings adjusting to life in Madrid after leaving Mexico.