Hunter Schafer: Euphoria star says she no longer wants to play trans characters - BBC News

Hunter Schafer says she does not want being transgender to be "the centrepiece to what I'm doing".

4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Hunter Schafer has starred in Euphoria and Hunger Games prequel The Ballad Of Songbirds & SnakesBy Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterEuphoria actress Hunter Schafer has said she no longer wants to play transgender roles.

The 25-year-old transgender star shot to fame playing a trans character, Jules Vaughn, in HBO's hit teen drama.

But Schafer said she felt she could go further as an actress by "not making it the centrepiece to what I'm doing".

She said: "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."

Speaking to GQ magazine, Schafer said being known simply as a "trans actress" was "ultimately demeaning to me and what I want to do".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68721310

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