Tony Gilroy dared Disney to let him shoot a Star Wars scene in a brothel - Bullseye With Jesse Thorn

In a career that's spanned 3 decades, Tony Gilroy's made a habit out of playing it safe. He’s said it himself. Tony, who's a writer, director and showrunner, comes from a showbiz family. He has one brother who’s a director, another who’s an editor and his dad, Frank Gilroy, was a Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright and filmmaker. At first, Tony didn't want to follow in the footsteps of his father’s career. He originally wanted to pursue music with thoughts of becoming a studio musician or something straight forward like that. Tony eventually realized his calling was in movies and television. He stayed small getting the occasional screenplay produced, but was just as happy to do a punch up. At age fifty, he directed his first feature film: the instant classic Michael Clayton. Tony also wrote a bunch of the Bourne movies, and he was called upon to rewrite and direct reshoots for the Star Wars movie Rogue One. Tony’s most recent work continues in the Star Wars universe. He’s the creator of Andor, the Disney + series about what happened before Rogue One. The show is currently in its second season. Tony joins us to talk about Andor, and what makes it so different from other Star Wars programs. He also chats with us about what's next for him after the show ends, and how he came very close to becoming a professional musician. #starwars #tonygilroy #andor #disney #space #bourne 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Starting with Rogue One 02:50 - What did you learn with Rogue One? 04:38 - Why did Star Wars stay in your life? 07:29 - What type of show is Andor? 08:31 - Having K-2SO in Andor 09:14 - What's cool about working on Star Wars? 12:59 - What Disney allowed 14:01 - Michael Clayton 16:44 - Andor and Diego Luna 18:12 - Adjustment from writing tv vs movies 20:45 - Hanging on to the attention of the audience 21:24 - Season 2 of Andor 22:40 - How do you decided the look of Star Wars? 24:00 - Star Wars design 26:50 - Making Andor for almost 6 years 30:48 - Coming from a family of writers 34:28 - Being more free as time goes on 35:23 - Starting in music 37:01 - Knowing William goldman 39:08 - Having a mentor 41:22 - What's next? 43:22 - Outro Want to hear more? Subscribe to Bullseye now via Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Get MORE of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: ► FOLLOW us on Instagram: /   / bullseyewithjessethorn   ► FOLLOW us on X: / https://x.com/Bullseye ► LIKE us on Facebook: /   / bullseyewithjessethorn   ► VISIT our show page: / https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/bulls... Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture. Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney's, which called it "the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world."