Kyle Soller Breaks Down Syril’s Biggest Andor Moment Yet

On Andor, fewer characters person gone connected a thrust rather like Syril Karn. Played by histrion Kyle Soller, Syrill has seen incredible highs, terrifying lows, and successful caller episodes, finds a benignant of intent arsenic a cardinal subordinate successful his woman Dedra Meero’s plan to summation Imperial power connected Ghorman. That past came to a caput successful this week’s episodes and, successful 2 caller interviews, Soller discussed what it was similar to… well… clip to dive into spoilers.

In this week’s tally of Andor episodes, Syril recovered himself successful the mediate of what would aboriginal beryllium called the Ghorman Massacre and yet came look to look with his arch-nemesis, Cassian Andor. The infinitesimal did not spell good for him, though, arsenic helium realized Cassian had nary hint who helium was. The insignificance of his beingness engulfed him, and helium was subsequently blown away. RIP Syril.

Speaking to Variety, Soller revealed erstwhile Andor creator Tony Gilroy told him astir Syril’s fate. “He didn’t archer maine until betwixt seasons 1 and two,” Soller said. “I thought it was a cleanable ending for him. It felt similar conscionable earlier thing other could hap to Syril, it’s taken away.”

“So overmuch had been taken distant from him wrong the past 10 minutes of his life, each these revelations and betrayals coming to light, the veil being lifted from each the truths helium held to beryllium close astir the Empire and the choices successful his beingness wholly crumbling,” helium continued. “Instead of having a redemption story, I deliberation it was overmuch stronger and overmuch much existent to life. For each of Syril’s vanity, romanticism, and delusions of grandeur astir himself, he’s conscionable different cog successful the wheel. He’s conscionable different casualty of war.”

Maybe the astir shocking infinitesimal is when, aft 2 seasons, Syril yet confronts Cassian himself—and realizes that portion Cassian has been Syril’s obsession for years, Cassian’s enactment “Who are you?” makes it wide helium has nary thought who Syril is. Soller discussed the infinitesimal with IGN.

“It’s truthful brutal for Syril to beryllium confronted with his anonymity. He feels similar he’s making specified a difference, hopeless to marque alteration and beryllium recognized and to beryllium idiosyncratic and to person really made a quality connected Ghorman,” helium said. “In 10 minutes, his full satellite is turned upside down. And past helium sees [Cassian]—the carnal practice of each of his choler and vexation and worthlessness, and helium pours it into him successful this fight. And past helium conscionable goes, ‘Who are you?’ And he’s killed. Even if helium hadn’t been blasted, he’s annihilated successful that moment.”

Interestingly enough, “Who are you?” was not the lone enactment filmed.

“There were 3 oregon 4 antithetic things Cassian was going to say, and they yet ended up connected ‘Who are you?’ which I deliberation was cleanable due to the fact that that breaks Syril successful that moment,” Soller said. “‘Oh, my God. My obsession doesn’t adjacent cognize who I am.’ How gutting is that?”

“It was a abbreviated list,” helium continued, revealing the different lines. “‘You’ and ‘It’s you’ and ‘Who are you?’ It conscionable wholly cuts him successful that moment. If Cassian had said ‘It’s you,’ would Syril person had much resoluteness to bash thing oregon would helium inactive person lowered his gun? I don’t know, but successful presumption of Syril’s arc, it conscionable perfectly completes the travel being utilized by powers that are bigger than you successful this immense instrumentality and mayhem of life. You deliberation you’ve made a difference, but you haven’t.”

For much from Soller connected his character’s hugely impactful demise, caput to Star Wars News Net, which broke the interviews down adjacent further.

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