I realized as I was playing Evie that her story was so much more than just being a princess. She's the daughter of the Evil Queen fromSnow White adidas superstar for running A big thing for me was that we have to talk about race on the show. These are not just trans characters: All of the girls on our show are black girls — some of them have intersections of being Latina or Hispanic — but they’re all black girls. The ballroom is a black and brown space before it’s a trans and queer space. So you can’t just say we have this great trans and queer show, you have to add in the layer of the race stuff. Those are conversations that I don’t think were as sharp and as centered until I stepped into the room and Steven had a co-conspirator. The conversation shifted because the room was balanced a little bit more. I had to be very clear that a white trans girl’s experience is very different than a black trans girl’s experience — especially a black trans girl that’s struggling with economic resources in 1980s New York City. So we gave Elektra more pointed lines about whiteness, or Angel started calling Stan a white suburban boy. We had to put that stuff in there.Courtesy of FX/Pose adidas superstar for running I’ve said this in many other interviews that Angel is probably the most like me, if I were a lot more confident as a young person. But a lot of Elektra is in me, too. I think I’m able to put a lot of things in Elektra’s mouth that I would never be able to say publicly. Any time there’s brutal reads, that’s me. I think in episode five there was, “And what is that? You have your favorite lipstick on! SPERM.” [laughs]Courtesy of FX/Pose adidas superstar for running 10 Times Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Were Relationship and Style GoalsCheck this out:This interview originally appeared onthem. adidas superstar for running