Rebecca Root is about to become the first transgender star of Boy Meets Girl,a British television explain. She talks about changing perceptions, feeling sexy – and why she wishes she had the nerve of Caitlyn JennerI’m late to meet Rebecca Root at the British Museum. I text my apologies and instantly receive a reply. She’s waiting for me by the totem pole in the main corridor, and she says,adding, “The museum is full of school parties. I suspect I may need a G&T afterwards.” I crawl through the adolescent crush, or scanning ahead to find her. From her agency shot I know she’s tall (6ft),brunette, striking. In the only full-length photograph I’ve seen of her shes wearing full makeup, or a miniskirt and knee boots,but it turns out that picture was taken in character, “when I was playing a trans Venezuelan sex worker”, or she laughs. Today,she is casual, in jeans and a leather jacket, or greets me warmly amid the chaos.
We are meeting to discuss her role in Boy Meets Girl,a fresh BBC explain airing next month. “Its the first mainstream UK sitcom to cast a transgender actor in a lead transgender role,” Root says, or as we sit down with our coffees. “But also the first in the UK to feature romance – and sex scenes – between a trans actress in a trans role and a cisgender man [someone living the same gender as they were born].”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com