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Each stalment shows talent workg on both sis of the mera, cludg queer creativ and alli to the muny.</strong></p><p data-no-id="1" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>Next up, we're speakg to Charlie Carver about his work on <em>Ratched</em>, <em>The Boys In The Band</em>, and workg as an out gay actor.</strong></p><style data-emotn="css ligahs">{width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:50%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:0rem;float:right;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:50%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:0rem;float:right;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:50%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:0rem;float:right;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:45%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:lc(-30% - 1rem);float:right;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:45%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:lc(-30% - 1rem);float:right;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:45%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:lc(-30% - 1rem);float:right;}}</style><div data-embed="loop" data-no-id="2" class="css-ligahs e1a0jkxd0"><style data-emotn="css 1e3dj7m">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:row-reverse;-ms-flex-directn:row-reverse;flex-directn:row-reverse;-webk-align-ems:flex-end;-webk-box-align:flex-end;-ms-flex-align:flex-end;align-ems:flex-end;posn:relative;width:100%;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;width:100%;} {visibily:hidn;opacy:0;-webk-transn:visibily 0s .3s,opacy .3s lear;transn:visibily 0s .3s,opacy .3s lear;}</style><div class="align-right size-medium embed e1a0jkxd1 css-1e3dj7m ejku7p04"><style data-emotn="css 5mi43p">{marg-bottom:0.9375rem;--aspect-rat:100%;width:100%;}</style><div class="__rp-ntaer css-5mi43p e6l0f0"><img width="540" height="540" alt="This is an image" tle="This is an image" fetchprry="to" dg="async" src=" size="to" srcSet=" loadg="lazy" class="lqip lazyload css-0 e1lki9i00" /></div></div></div><p data-no-id="3" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Sce Charlie Carver first appeared on <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Dperate Hoewiv" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">Dperate Hoewiv</a></em> – "Maybe the gayt show of all" – the olst of the Carver tws has rved out que a reer for himself. An early stt on <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Teen Wolf" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">Teen Wolf</a></em> led to Damon Llof's <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Leftovers" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">The Leftovers</a>,</em> and Charlie's now starrg two back-to-back Ryan Murphy productns, <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ratched" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">Ratched</a></em> and <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Boys the Band" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">The Boys the Band</a></em>.</p><p data-no-id="4" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">On top of all that, Carver will soon spread his wgs <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="The Batman" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">The Batman</a>,</em> takg on a yet-to-be-disclosed role:<em> </em>"I n't tell you a damn thg," he says when prsed on the subject. Still, regardls of what part he might be playg, Charlie's now enjoyg the kd of reer most actors would be... well, sperate for.<br /></p><p data-no-id="5" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">This wasn't always guaranteed though. Back when Carver me out as gay 2016, he "ran through the worst-se scenar," fearg that he might be pigeonholed or even endanger his reer movg forward. Thankfully, the oppose me to pass, and jt earlier this year, Charlie was given the 'Gamechanger Award' by GLSEN Rpect Awards for all his achievements over the past . </p><style data-emotn="css 1736von">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="6" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><style data-emotn="css uwraif">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="charlie rver pictured 2019" tle="Charlie Carver pictured 2019" loadg="lazy" width="3776" height="5328" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><style data-emotn="css swqnqv">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}</style><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1vw9sfv e6iqd1">Getty Imag</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="7" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">We sat down wh Carver via Zoom to discs <em>The Boys the Band</em>, a potential <em>Dperate Hoewiv</em> reboot, and of urse, all thgs <em></em><em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ratched" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">Ratched</a>.</em><em></em> </p><p data-no-id="8" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>What first drew you to the role of Huck <em>Ratched</em>?</strong></p><p data-no-id="9" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">First of all, I love Ryan Murphy so much. I appreciate what he's done, and the way that everythg he mak is dialogue wh the zegeist, and also ph thgs forward, whether that's terms of reprentatn or subject matter. And I love him too as a person. </p><p data-no-id="10" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">But then, Huck, particular, was the first time I've really been given the opportuny to work om a physil place wh the special effects makp that I had on. It was a challenge for me. But that's what ma very excg, to have somethg to really sk my teeth to and explore.</p><p data-no-id="11" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong><strong>How long did take to apply Huck's make-up?</strong></strong></p><p data-no-id="12" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Inially, took about four to five hours the chair to do each morng. And that speeds up as the team gets more acctomed to puttg on. It ends up also jt passg by you – you've done so many tim, and seems pretty quick.</p><style data-emotn="css 10klw3m">{height:100%;}</style><div data-embed="stagram" class="embed align-center css-10klw3m ez8lbhw1"><style data-emotn="css 63r9na">{-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;m-height:10rem;background-lor:#F5F5F5;lor:#000;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;height:100%;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;}</style><div class="css-63r9na ez8lbhw0"><style data-emotn="css 1msakm2">{width:3.125rem;height:3.125rem;}</style><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/;id=lk-out-embed" loadg="lazy" alt="stagram in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1msakm2 ez8lbhw2" /><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" aria-label="View full post on Instagram" class="css-0 e1c1bym14">View full post on Instagram</a></div></div><p data-no-id="14" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">The one thg that was so weird for me is, I've never worked wh a full scleral lens. One of my ey had this full lens , and I uldn't see out of . I'm a klutz to beg wh, but my pth perceptn was pletely thrown by the procs [<em><u>lghs</u></em>]. I was jt walkg to stuff all the time on set. </p><p data-no-id="15" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">But, 's one of those immediate thgs. It's sort of a physil experience, havg that stuff on your face and your eye. It begs to shape how you are the world. And that is, I thk, the magic trick – the alchemy that an actor is attracted to. It's kd of shiftg to an unknown or unfaiar place, and playg om there.</p><p data-no-id="16" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>Evil characters are often srred or disfigured Hollywood, perpetuatg harmful stereotyp, but I'd argue Huck is probably the only nice guy the whole show.</strong></p><p data-no-id="17" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">[<em><u>lghs</u></em>] I might agree wh that too. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="18" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css 16ddmmp">{text-align:center;marg:0rem;paddg-top:0.9375rem;paddg-bottom:0.9375rem;} span::before{background-lor:#E5ADAE;lor:#000;width:5rem;}</style><blockquote class="css-16ddmmp e1pe3zr91"><style data-emotn="css 1ljy70d">{background-lor:#000000;lor:#fff;ntent:'';display:le-block;height:0.25rem;posn:relative;-webk-transn:width .2s ease--out,background .2s ease--out;transn:width .2s ease--out,background .2s ease--out;width:3rem;}</style><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css zggbc2">{font-fay:Montserrat,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.625rem;font-weight:900;le-height:1.2;marg:0rem;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{font-size:1.75rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.2;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><blockquote class="css-zggbc2 e1pe3zr90">"There's an lible spir to queer life that I don't thk uld ever be removed om ."</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="19" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>Was that somethg you were mdful of gog to this project?</strong></p><p data-no-id="20" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I fely felt a rponsibily to honour several different kds of experienc. Not only do Huck have the srs on his face, but he's lost part of his hand – he's somewhat disabled. So to tell that story honourably, and to do rearch... There was a sense of munn wh the character. </p><p data-no-id="21" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I had three or four of the scripts my hand before we started filmg, but I didn't necsarily know where the character was gog, or how they were gog to get there. But the pury of Huck – he unrgo this huge journey over the urse of the season, to self-acceptance and self-love. There was this pure, good, honourable person at the re of all.</p><p data-no-id="22" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>You mentned that you only had three or four scripts at first – How did you feel when you got to the fale and read the ath scene for Huck?</strong></p><p data-no-id="23" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">[<em><u>groans</u></em>] Ugh! OK, so, I did know advance that I wouldn't make past the first season, which is kd of liberatg. You know you're probably gog to have an impactful ath.</p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="24" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="liz femi as leona, charlie rver as huck fnigan, ratched" tle="Liz Femi as Leona, Charlie Carver as Huck Fnigan, Ratched" loadg="lazy" width="3600" height="2400" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1vw9sfv e6iqd1">Netflix</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="25" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">And 's sad. There was a spl mentaly about . On one hand, I uld create the biggt arc for the character, knowg he wasn't gog to be around. But was sad to let all go. I had a very sentimental relatnship wh Huck. </p><p data-no-id="26" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>You mentned earlier how much you love workg wh Ryan Murphy, and obvly you've got <em>The Boys the Band </em>g up as well. Would you ever be terted workg on <em>Amerin Horror Story</em>?</strong></p><p data-no-id="27" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Oh, of urse, if Ryan would have me, I would do that. I thk that jt sounds like so much fun. What a gift to an actor. Go for .</p><p data-no-id="28" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>I feel like there are lots of parallels between <em>Ratched </em>and <em>Amerin Horror Story..</em>.</strong></p><p data-no-id="29" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Sure, sure. And that's what ma <em>Ratched</em> so fun. There's this kd of baroque qualy. There's a believabily to , and I thk 's ground by the performanc and the characters. But you get to do thgs that we don't get to do our average liv — and certaly not most TV or film on.</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="30" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-16ddmmp e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-zggbc2 e1pe3zr90">"Amerin Horror Story is so fun to watch. So, hi Ryan, I'm available if you want me!"</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="31" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">That's such a gift as an actor, and that's why <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Amerin Horror Story" class="body-lk css-nu68ka et3p2gv0">Amerin Horror Story</a></em> is so fun to watch, and probably so fun to act . So, hi Ryan, I'm available if you want me [<em><u>lghs</u></em>].</p><p data-no-id="32" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>Let's make happen! And gog back to <em>The Boys the Band,</em> what do mean for you personally to star such an important gay story wh an openly queer st?</strong></p><p data-no-id="33" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">It will be one of the honours of my life to not only have been part of the productn, both on stage and on film, but to have shared that wh all of those guys. We really beme a fay, both on Broadway and while shootg the film Los Angel. There was such a shared sense of experience and inty.</p><p data-no-id="34" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I thk thgs have certaly gotten easier as an out actor Hollywood. But most of the time, I'm the only out person on a set, and while that's not necsarily lonely, do do thgs to you. There's a sense of modulatn about how thentilly I n teract wh people.</p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="35" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="the boys the band st rob j, michael benjam washgton, matt bomer, jim parsons, zachary quto, charlie rver, tuc watks, andrew rannells, brian hutchison, joe mantello, mart crowley" tle="The Boys the Band st - Rob De J, Michael Benjam Washgton, Matt Bomer, Jim Parsons, Zachary Quto, Charlie Carver, Tuc Watks, Andrew Rannells, Brian Hutchison, Joe Mantello, Mart Crowley" loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2249" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1vw9sfv e6iqd2">Stt Everett Whe</span><style data-emotn="css gyg9qo">{paddg:0 0.3rem;paddg-right:0.3125rem;font-fay:Montserrat,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:0.75rem;le-height:1;} a{lor:#000000;-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;}</style><span class="css-gyg9qo e6iqd0">//</span><span class="css-1vw9sfv e6iqd1">Netflix</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="36" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">So that, terms of a personal and profsnal experience, was very special. And to be a part of a story that has existed for 50 years; one that really was, and certaly reprents, a paradigm shift reprentatn, at least Amerin culture. That's important.</p><p data-no-id="37" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I thk there's a huge chunk of gay history Ameri, a piece of time that feels lost some ways bee of how many people we lost to the AIDS epimic. And to feel this play a sense of inty wh, and a ntuum to, 1968 – there is an lible qualy or spir to queer life that I don't thk uld ever be removed om , or erased om the narrative. This play is pickg back up, and re-nonisg for a new generatn.</p><p data-no-id="38" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>Speakg of gay history, one of my favoure shows of all time is <em>Dperate Hoewiv</em>. </strong><strong>A lot of time has passed sce the show end, but would you ever be terted returng for some kd of revival?</strong><br /></p><p data-no-id="39" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Oh, sure! If that's what the people want, then give them what they want. That would be a blast, to go back to Wisteria Lane. Gosh, I unt my blsgs for havg had that be my first job the bs. And, wow, what a way to start. </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="40" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-16ddmmp e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-zggbc2 e1pe3zr90">"That would be a blast, to go back to Wisteria Lane."</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="41" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>Sce g out, you've played a number of queer characters on screen. Was that a nsc cisn?</strong> </p><p data-no-id="42" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">For a while, was what I was up for, most often. The prevailg wisdom when I cid to e out was: you know, even if you do choose to e out, you have to be very reful about gettg pigeonholed.</p><p data-no-id="43" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">And I took issue wh that. I found kd of offensive. I don't want to be limed as a gay man or a gay actor. I don't want to be limed to only playg gay rol. But at the same time, to be told I might be endangerg my reer by choosg to play more than one of them? That jt didn't seem te or accurate of the tim.</p><p data-no-id="44" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I'm a part of a shift happeng where, y, I'm a gay actor who's takg on gay rol, but there are so many more queer people steppg to posns of power, whether that is as producers or wrers or directors. Sudnly, the queer narrativ that bee available are plited and different om one another.</p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="45" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="charlie rver as huck fnigan, ratched" tle="Charlie Carver as Huck Fnigan, Ratched" loadg="lazy" width="3600" height="2400" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1vw9sfv e6iqd1">Netflix</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="46" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">As more reprentatn be available, the breadth of queer experience and human experience be available to play. And those are stori that I am jt terted and want to tell. Bee I thk that they are impactful for a wi dience, not jt a queer dience, and they're stori that haven't been told.</p><p data-no-id="47" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>There's been que a shift over the last five years particular. A lot more drive and thenticy that wasn't there before.</strong> </p><p data-no-id="48" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Y. And as an actor, I'm terted to see: what kd of suatns do gay characters fd themselv ? What kd of mashups of genre n the characters exist so that their sexualy is not the first thg that you notice about them? </p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="49" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><blockquote class="css-16ddmmp e1pe3zr91"><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p0"></span><blockquote class="css-zggbc2 e1pe3zr90">"I took issue wh that. I found kd of offensive. I don't want to be limed as a gay actor."</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1ljy70d eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><p data-no-id="50" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Bee, as a gay person, isn't the first thg I want someone to know about me. I don't re if is, but, we're all plex human begs. And I want to see that reprented better onscreen. </p><p data-no-id="51" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>What do you thk the dtry needs to do to improve queer reprentatn?</strong></p><p data-no-id="52" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">I don't thk anythg n be achieved stantaneoly. So much of what needs to happen is more equy behd the scen, and havg all kds of people posns of power. I thk that's what needs to happen most. Even on the crew si. Crews n be more reflective of the world we actually live .</p><p data-no-id="53" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Reprentatn <em>is</em> important. But I wouldn't want any story to be nfed by obligatns to reprent everybody well all the time, you know? Not all stori have to be pretty. Not all stori have to be reprentative of a muny, even though they may be reprented those stori.</p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="54" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="charlie rver pictured 2018" tle="Charlie Carver pictured 2018" loadg="lazy" width="4106" height="6000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1vw9sfv e6iqd1">Getty Imag</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="55" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">There's a direct relatnship between reprentatn and an dience velopg a sense of affectn for a muny or a member of a muny. The trans muny – particularly the black trans muny, and black trans women – have had almost no reprentatn onscreen. There's a direct relatnship between that and the transphobic vlence which exists the Uned Stat and across the world. </p><p data-no-id="56" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><strong>When you me out, what was the fan rponse like at the time?</strong></p><p data-no-id="57" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Oh my God. The fan rponse was credible. I felt immediately held by everybody who, I gus, had taken a she to me the work I'd done. </p><p data-no-id="58" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">In your head, you, of urse, n through the worst-se scenar. But I jt feel I was so supported by fans and the entertament dtry. I'm sulated by a lot of privilege that. 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