Hunter Schaferhas revealed that she no longer wishes to accept transgender roles after her breakout performance inHBOs young adult dramaEuphoria.
The 25-year-old actress told GQ that she had been offered tons of trans roles but does not want her gender identity to define her work in the future.
I dont want to be [reduced to] that, and I find it ultimately demeaning to me and what I want to do, Schafer said.
Hunter Schafer attends ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes’ premiereGetty
I worked so hard to get to where I am, past these really hard points in my transition, and now I just want to be a girl and finally move on.
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Schafer said her ability to reject trans roles was a privilege, but she believes that she can further the cause of the transgender community simply by honing her craft.
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The actress recently appeared as Tigris inThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a role that she said was a challenge because it was not one step away from who I am.
I know for a fact that Im one of the most famous trans people in media right now, and I do feel a sense of responsibility, and maybe a little bit of guilt, for not being more of a spokesperson, she explained.
But ultimately, I really do believe that not making it the centrepiece to what Im doing will allow me to get further.
And I think getting further and doing awesome s***, in the interest of the movement, will be way more helpful than talking about it all the time.
Eddie Redmayne, for example, has previously admitted that it was a mistake to play a transgender woman in the 2015 filmThe Danish Girl, despite embracing the project with good intentions.
