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Geek Girl Authority
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
On Location: Valencia's City of Arts and Sciences on ANDOR: A STAR WARS STORY Season 2
Welcome to On Location , a weekly feature spotlighting landmarks and establishments seen on screen that viewers can visit IRL. Whether you're seeking a fun selfie, breathtaking vistas, or maybe a show-accurate treat, follow along for some bucket list destinations. RELATED: Check in with On Location's visit to the Continental Hotel New York from the World of John Wick An Andor Filming Location If you believed (as I did) that all Star Wars films and series are mostly filmed in a galaxy far, far away, or on a Hollywood backlot, you'd be forgiven. After all, the franchise's world-building grounds itself in spectacularly alien-looking landscapes and skylines. And Lucasfilm's ILM literally has the word 'magic' in its name. However, in the case of Andor: A Star Wars Story 's vast and impressive Coruscant Senate complex, they found that the superlative architecture of Valencia's City of Arts and Science in Spain (known to locals as Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ) was too perfect to pass up. Image Credit: Courtesy of Lucasfilm via The City of Arts and Sciences on Andor: A Star Wars Story Although the dome-shaped Senate Building had to be digitally inserted with the rest of the cityscape, the distinctive promenade Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly), her colleagues, and other Coruscant residents stroll along is, in reality, the South Cantilever of the Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, or Museum of the Sciences. The Cantilever terrace runs along the third floor of the Science Museum, 17 meters or over 55 feet in the air. At 220 meters long (approximately 720 feet), it provides a dramatic panoramic lookout for visitors, connecting the City of Arts and Sciences' four main buildings – the Agora covered plaza, the Museum of the Sciences, the Hemisfèric , and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía opera house. RELATED: The Rebellion Is Here in Andor Season 2 Special Look The City of Arts and Sciences' Museu de les Ciències opened in 2000. Architect Santiago Calatrava designed the south façade's repetitive white concrete buttresses to resemble a dinosaur's skeleton. Built with 58,000 cubic meters (over 2 million cubic feet) of concrete and 14 tons of steel, the building houses 42,000 square meters (over 450,000 square feet) over three floors, the largest surface area of any building in Spain. Various exhibitions take up 26,000 square meters (nearly 280,000 square feet) of the space. The museum's main objective is to engage visitors with interactive science exhibits. For example, the 'Chromosome Forest' on the third floor allows guests to explore and learn about the human genome using large-scale models of the 23 pairs of chromosomes. Image Credit: Disney+ The Eye of Knowledge In Andor: A Star Wars Story Season 2, the Senate Building replaces the Agora structure at one end of the promenade, but the City of Arts and Sciences's centerpiece, the Hemisfèric, remains visible at the other end. It was the first building completed in 1998. Also designed by Calatrava, it contains: an exhibition hall; a projection hall, which includes an IMAX Cinema, a planetarium, and a laserium; and the Carl Sagan Perimeter Ring event space. The building's design resembles a human eye. Its nickname is 'The Eye of Knowledge.' The ovoidal roof is over 100 meters (approximately 330 feet) long. A shutter system consisting of elongated aluminum awnings forms the 'eyelid,' which opens to reveal the 'iris' of the building, the projection hall. RELATED: Mon Mothma Takes Center Stage in Andor and It's About Time The third of the ticketed venues in the City of Arts and Sciences is the Oceanogràfic , an open-air oceanographic park. It is the largest aquarium in Europe. Designed by architect Félix Candela, the complex resembles a water lily with eight petals. Each petal is a building identified with one of the following aquatic environments: Mediterranean, Wetlands, Temperate and Tropical Seas, Oceans, Antarctic, Arctic, Islands and Red Sea, in addition to the Dolphinarium. Buying a combined ticket (starting at €49.80/approx 60USD) for the three sites is the most economical way to visit. Open from 10 am to 9 pm, it's an amazing way to spend a day AND recreate some key Coruscant moments. Water, Water, Everywhere All the water features seen around the Senate District in Andor: A Star Wars Story are real. Each building is surrounded by enormous reflecting pools of water. In total, they cover over 13,500 square meters (just under 150,000 square feet). As the land was once part of the Turia riverbed, it seems rather fitting. RELATED: 4 Places We Want to Visit in the Star Wars Universe One last seen-on- Andor filming location is located at the City of Arts and Sciences is the Umbracle. Another Calatrava design, it is a 320-meter (1000-foot) long landscaped walk enveloped by an open structure 60 meters (147 feet) wide. Free to access, the garden contains many shrubs and plant species indigenous to Valencia. These include several varieties of palms and orange trees. Inside, you'll find The Walk of Sculptures and an art gallery. Functional as well as beautiful, its ground floor is the City of Arts and Sciences' main parkade. Both seasons of Andor: A Star Wars Story are streaming on Disney+. 10 STAR WARS Characters Who Need a Novel of Their Own Diana lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she invests her time and energy in teaching, writing, parenting, and indulging her love of all Trek and a myriad of other fandoms. She is a lifelong fan of smart sci-fi and fantasy media, an upstanding citizen of the United Federation of Planets, and a supporter of AFC Richmond 'til she dies. Her guilty pleasures include female-led procedurals, old-school sitcoms, and Bluey. She teaches, knits, and dreams big. You can also find her writing at The Televixen, Women at Warp, TV Fanatic, and TV Goodness.
The Guardian
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
My Brilliant Career: Netflix announces adaptation of Miles Franklin's classic novel
Netflix has announced an adaptation of the Australian classic My Brilliant Career, the much-loved novel by Miles Franklin. The new show, which is now filming around South Australia, stars The Newsreader actor Philippa Northeast in the lead role as Sybylla, a headstrong young woman who finds herself torn between the safety of a traditional life and the liberation of being an unmarried writer. Sybylla goes to stay at Caddagat, the homestead of her grandmother Mrs Bossier, who will be played in the Netflix adaptation by Anna Chancellor from the BBC's Pride and Prejudice and Four Weddings and a Funeral. At Caddagat, Sybylla befriends Harry, a young, wealthy neighbour who falls in love with her; Harry will be played in the new adaptation by Slow Horses actor Christopher Chung. Andor actor Genevieve O'Reilly will play Sybylla's aunt Helen and Kate Mulvany plays Harry's aunt Gussie Beecham. What It Feels Like For a Girl actor Jake Dunn will play Frank Hawden, a jackaroo at Caddagat who makes constant advances on Sybylla. The adaptation has been developed and co-written by Liz Doran, who worked on Josh Thomas' comedy Please Like Me and the surfing drama Barons. 'It's been a privilege to work with so many incredible creatives on this reimagining of Miles Franklin's rollicking tale of a young woman's quest to determine her own life,' Doran said on Wednesday. Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, for whom both the Miles Franklin and Stella literary awards are named, was only a teenager when she wrote My Brilliant Career. It was a bestseller, but Franklin was subject to 'unwelcome notoriety' due to speculation over her novel's autobiographical elements; she pulled the book from publication, stipulating it could only be reprinted after her death. Franklin died in 1954 and the novel has never been out of print since it was printed again in 1966, becoming a feminist classic. The book was also adapted into a 1979 film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill and directed by Gillian Armstrong, and into a hit stage musical at the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2024. Minyoung Kim, Netflix's vice-president of Asia Pacific content, called My Brilliant Career 'a timeless Australian story with themes as relevant today as when it was originally published'. 'We're excited to be partnering with some of Australia's best creatives and talent to bring this story to a whole new generation on Netflix and, with its stunning locations, there's no better home for this production than South Australia,' Kim said.
Geek Tyrant
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Mon Mothma Actress Genevieve O'Reilly on Building ANDOR's Quietest Tragedy with Tony Gilroy — GeekTyrant
In a galaxy ruled by empires and explosions, some of the most devastating moments come not from space battles, but from quiet, human decisions. That's exactly what Andor Season 2 delivered in one of its most gut-wrenching scenes, thanks to a powerful collaboration between actor Genevieve O'Reilly and series creator Tony Gilroy. In Episode 3 of the new season, Mon Mothma (O'Reilly), a key architect of the rebellion, faces a deeply personal crossroads. As her daughter Leida (Bronte Carmichael) prepares to enter a traditional Chandrilan marriage, Mon—haunted by her own loveless union—offers Leida a chance to walk away. The scene doesn't hinge on action or spectacle, but it hits just as hard: a mother offering her daughter freedom, only for the daughter to choose the cage. Turns out, that emotional pivot was born from a quiet, behind the scenes conversation. 'Tony and I had discussed this when he said she was getting married and I was like, 'Oh, no, she's not gonna do this to her daughter. He's great about having character conversations with actors. 'He's so deeply collaborative and curious about the actor's perspective. I remember saying to him, 'She has to give her an out. If it's that woman who was there in Rogue One and Return of the Jedi, I understand that there's a pain within her. But if it is that woman who can be a pillar, then what would she do?'' That openness allowed space for something honest and devastating to bloom. What Mon gives her daughter is not control, but a choice. And the fallout crushed her. 'And then for Leida to turn the way she did, it just broke my heart. It's deeply brutal but it was a moment for Mon to gather herself. We saw that. We saw the pain. And I'm sure there were many reasons, but there is a power dynamic shift where Mon steps in to who she is. 'You end in this huge, big [dance] piece where you understand the chaos that everyday people have to hold. And not just everyday people, but somebody who's managing to help build rebellion; what that is and what that chaos within that woman must be.' This is what Andor continues to do better than almost anything else in the Star Wars universe, turning the rebellion into something personal. Every glance, every silence, every difficult choice deepens the story. It's not just about good versus evil. It's about what you sacrifice to do what's right, and what it costs when the people you love make different choices. Source: GamesRadar+
Geek Tyrant
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Watch The Cast of ANDOR Take a STAR WARS Trivia Quiz — GeekTyrant
Some of the cast member of Lucasfilm's Disney+ series Andor sat down with BuzzFeed to take a Star Wars trivia quiz. The video features Diego Luna (Cassian Andor), Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma), and Adria Arjona (Bix Caleen) on one team and Denise Gough (Dedra Meero) and Kyle Soller (Syril Karn) on the other team. As you'll see, some of these actor really don't know that much about the Star Wars franchise outside of the show they worked on. The video came with the following note: 'To celebrate Andor Season 2, we had the cast — Genevieve O'Reilly, Diego Luna, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough, and Kyle Soller — take a Star Wars trivia quiz to see how well they actually know one of the greatest franchises in the galaxy.' Enjoy the video!
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Andor Star Hopes Mon Mothma's ‘Death of Truth' Speech Resonates During Today's Times
'The distance between what is said, and what is known to be true, has become an abyss.' You don't say. More from TVLine Andor Recasts Legacy Star Wars Character — Find Out Who, and Why Andor Reveals Why Bix Isn't in Rogue One — and Adria Arjona Says It Was One of Her 'Scariest Days on Set, Ever' The Amazing Race Poll: Who Will Win Season 37? And Who Should? This week on Disney+'s Andor, Season 2's ninth episode revolved around Senator Mon Mothma (played by franchise vet Genevieve O'Reilly) doing her best to open the Imperial Senate's eyes to the catastrophes unfolding on Ghorman. As chronicled in Episode 8, a calculated massacre of hundreds of locals has taken place, to distract from — and ultimately justify — the Empire's aggressive and eventually calamitous extraction of valuable calcite from Ghorman. What started out as a civil protest was purposely steered into becoming a firefight, but more accurately an ambush the Ghor congregated in the plaza had no chance of surviving. 'Fellow senators, friends, colleagues, allies, adversaries… I stand this morning with a difficult message. I believe we are in crisis,' Mon Mothma pronounced, after colleague Bail Organa (Benjamin Bratt) used a point of order to finagle her some speaking time. 'The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss,' the Chandrilan senator declared. 'Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.' Bringing the very recent, aforementioned events to the fore, 'This Chamber's hold on the truth was finally lost on the Ghorman Plaza,' Mon Mothma said. 'What took place yesterday… what happened yesterday on Ghorman…. was unprovoked genocide. Yes! Genocide! And that truth has been exiled from this Chamber! And the monster screaming the loudest, the monster we helped create, the monster who will come for us all, soon enough… is Emperor Palpatine!' The loss of an objective reality? A chasm between what is true and what is claimed to be true? A monster we helped create? TVLine asked O'Reilly if she expects Mon Mothma's speech to 'hit home' for those in the real world, during these contentious times. 'I hope so,' the Irish-born Aussie answered. 'I hope people can resonate with not just the speech but in relation to what comes before it, within the structure of the piece. 'I feel like [this speech] happens at a moment where everyone is being pushed to a tipping point,' she continued — and for Mon Mothma specifically, 'that is the moment that she has to cross the rubicon. In every revolution, there's a tipping point; for Mon Mothma, that's hers.' Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
