Andor creator responds after backlash to Emmy snub

Andor fans are furious after acting snubs at this year’s Emmy awards (Picture: Des Willie /Lucasfilm)

The 2025 Emmy nominations are in with plenty of highs and lows across the board as Adolescence celebrates big wins and Andor fans commiserate a snub in the major acting categories.

The Disney Plus Star Wars spin-off show starring Diego Luna aired its second season to widespread praise earlier this year – but it hasn’t translated into Emmy nods.

The show didn’t secure anything in the top acting categories aside from guest actor (for Forest Whitaker) but overall it did land 14 nominations in creative categories, including production design, costume, best drama series, directing and writing.

Fans are particularly affronted for lead star Diego, as well as the wider cast who they believe deserve their flowers.

‘Andor being snubbed in the main acting categories is insane when that cast was acting their asses off every episode,’ the one and future nowa said.

‘Please don’t talk to me I’m furious about the Emmys ignoring Andor’s acting ensemble,’ roxana echoed.

Creator Tony Gilroy addressed the snub in Deadline (Picture: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

In a chat with Deadline, creator Tony Gilroy addressed the snub, saying: ‘These are epic long term character studies… the ultimate victory, is that these performances will be celebrated & discussed for years to come. I feel confident about that.’

The 15-year-old actor has become the youngest of all time to secure an outstanding supporting actor in a limited series or anthology series nomination after his breakout performance as 13-year-old murder suspect Jamie in the hit series.

The acclaimed show that swept the globe has picked up six key nominations (14 in total), joining a high-calibre mix of nominees including The White Lotus, Severance and Hacks, all of which have an award-winning history.

Owen Cooper, 15, just made award history (Picture: Netflix)

The young actor, for whom this was his first official role, has surpassed current record-holder Scott Jacoby, who was 16 years old when he was nominated for 1972 TV movie That Certain Summer.

‘It’s been the best year of my life. Now it’s over a little bit, I’m going back to a bit of normality. School has been perfectly fine.’

Adolescence has swept up multiple nominations (Picture: Getty)

In Owen’s category, he is joined by Javier Bardem for Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story, Bill Camp and Peter Sarsgaard for Presumed Innocent, Rob Delaney for Dying For Sex, and Ashley Walters also for Adolescence.

The one-shot show – also starring Emmy nominees Stephen Graham, Erin Doherty and Ashley Walters – delves into toxic masculinity, the woes facing the current teenage generation and the dangers of an unfiltered internet.

Adolescence is now the second most-watched English-language show on the streaming service with 142.6 million views.

As well as securing nominations in the top categories, it is also nominated for outstanding directing (Philip Barantini), cinematography and sound editing.

Severance absolutely dominated this year’s nominees (Picture: AP)

The Richard Gadd-helmed show sparked international discourse and secured top prizes for the cast and crew at the Emmys with six awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology series.

As for the rest of the nominations, some shows have clearly dominated.

Apple TV Plus series Severance took the top spot with 27 nominations, followed by 24 for HBO’s The Penguin and 23 for both The Studio and The White Lotus (although Patrick Schwarzenegger was notably absent from the acting nominations).

Meanwhile, for the first time in its 62-year history Doctor Who landed its first-ever nomination for outstanding choreography for scripted programming with its musical number, There’s Always a Twist.

And at 83-years-old Harrison Ford secured his first-ever Emmy nomination for playing Paul Rhoades in Shrinking.

The Emmy Awards will take place on Sunday, September 14.

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