Stranger Issues star Amybeth McNulty rose to fame taking part in the principle character in Netflix’s Anne with an E, however her position as Robin (Maya Hawke)’s girlfriend Vickie within the supernatural drama is near the Irish actress’ coronary heart for a particular cause.
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“I grew up as a queer child in Donegal and… I got here out on-line once I was like 16, 17, [and] stated I used to be bisexual,” the 24-year-old informed Eire’s The Late Late Present host Patrick Kielty on Jan. 16. “We had individuals in my hometown going as much as my dad and mom going, ‘I am so sorry to listen to about your daughter!'”
The actress stated attending to play one half of a queer couple on such a large present has meant “every little thing” to her. “It provides me extra of an invigoration once I do roles like this—by no means thoughts on such an enormous platform as this, which remains to be loopy to me—desirous to do it justice and do it proper for youths like me rising up. I feel it is necessary.”
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McNulty notably loves that being in a lesbian relationship is a part of Robin and Vickie’s story, however it’s not the only real focus or a gimmick. “The queer storyline is part of their chapter whereas they’re coping with monsters and there is all these different issues happening,” she stated. “It would not should be about that. It is simply part of it. And I feel that is excellent. I like that quite a bit.”
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The present additionally holds particular that means for McNulty as a result of it was the final massive audition she was capable of inform her dad and mom about earlier than they each died. She stated they “had a very good feeling” about her getting the position. “They have been proper, and that was that was fairly good for me,” she stated.
