Rowan Blanchard Is One Of “The New Progressives” On The Cover Of Interview Magazine
Rowan Blanchard is on the cover of the April issue of Interview magazine. The young actress is joined by Amandla Sternberg, Hari Nef, Ethan James, Emmanuel Olunkwa and Tyler Ford for this issued titled “The New Progressives”. Highlights from her interview are below.
On finding friends in the acting industry: “It started when I found other hobbies that I really loved, because I remember always being in fear of other actresses who were my age. Not because they were my competition, but because I thought that they thought I was their competition. Once I put that guard down, I started hanging out with other actresses. We don’t always talk about acting, but it’s a part of our lives, and once I found things that I really love other than acting, like writing and art and stuff like that, that was a time for me to be able to find other people and be like, ‘Hey, do you want to hang out?’ And bond over these things that we have in common.”
On when she decided to voice her opinion publicly on intersectionality and feminism on social media: “I would always acknowledge—personally, not publicly—the things that were going on, things that were happening in the world. But I still didn’t make the connection that those things happen to me. I remember I was at a movie with my friend, and we were both in skirts—this was two and a half or three years ago—we were waiting outside the movies for my dad to pick us up, and this grown man came over and was like, “You guys need a ride anywhere?” I was 12 years old and my friend was 15.
And I just remember sitting there feeling my heart sink into my stomach. It was such a surreal moment. Because I always see that happening in front of me; I always see girls getting catcalled. But up until that point, I hadn’t experienced it…And, when girls would come up to me and be like, ‘I watch your show,’ I would think, ‘Has this ever happened to this girl? Of course it’s happened to this girl, because it happens every day.’ And it just started overwhelming me. So I started putting things on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram, because I realize that I have a following, and most of the people who watch our show, I would say, are girls. And I didn’t want them ever going through that. I just started doing it because I couldn’t bear it anymore.”
You can check out even more from her interview here. Rowan’s issue will be available for purchase later this week!
Such a great read! Rowan is literally everything in this interview and is such a wonderful role model for all.
