Andor and Severance‘s Beau Willimon on the Joys of Collaboration

In an interview with Variety, writer Beau Willimon discussed the fan-favorite properties he’s currently a part of: he’s an executive producer on Apple TV+’s Severance and wrote episodes for both seasons of Andor. In the chat with the trade he likened writing on Star Wars to “being a session musician on someone’s album.” His collaboration with Andor creator Tony Gilroy began on the Willimon-created Netflix series House of Cards, with Gilroy coming aboard as a consulting producer. “When he was developing Andor, he asked if I wanted to write a few episodes and I thought he was joking because I grew up with and love Star Wars but I’m not an aficionado,” Willimon said. “He said, ‘the less you know, the better because I want to tell a human story and a grown-up story.'” Willimon continued to describe the six-week period he, Gilroy, and Tony Gilroy’s brother Dan Gilroy spent breaking the story for Andor. “I didn’t have to bear any of the burden of what a showrunner usually has to deal with ... Read full article.