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00:00You did such an incredible job of leaning into vulnerability and just power in playing this character in Baby Reindeer.
00:08You visited some dark places. What can you share about your transformation into this character and preparing yourself for everything that you went through?
00:19Yeah, I started journaling as Terry during the audition process because I just wanted to understand her mentality
00:27and really kind of like the history that leads her to the story with Donnie.
00:31And I decided that she actually had been raised by a single mom and that her dad had left the family.
00:40And I think that was a very kind of different and abrupt departure from my own experience and it gave me something to build off of for Terry.
00:49You must be very proud of the work that you accomplished.
00:53I know it's difficult when you're representing different communities, but especially right now we're having like a crazy...
00:59Not to get into politics, but you know, it's such a crazy year especially for the trans community that we are having these types of conversations
01:08and your representation in playing these types of characters.
01:13So what can you share about how important that was to you and whether or not you felt any kind of pressure?
01:19Yeah, I mean I think that for a long time trans people were represented on screen as the butt of the joke, as disgusting, as evil, as untrustworthy.
01:29And so for Terry to be so empowered and clear-headed and accomplished was such a gift and I definitely felt like I had to do it right.
01:42But it actually made it easier because I knew that I was doing it. There was us in the room. It wasn't me doing anything alone.
01:52So we're cheering for you now and beyond this incredible stage. Congratulations.
01:57Thank you for talking to me.
01:58You too.