This month, Tuck chats with actor Jess Darrow. Topics include:
Booking an interview by goofing off on Letterboxd
Coming into queerness while doing press for a blockbuster children’s movie
Creating an elaborate gay backstory for Capt. Hook in yr middle school play
How Jess’s queer/transness has affected their relationship with Disney
Jess’s big discovery re: all comedians???
“There are certainly some bigger-ups that I think really could use a fucking reality check, and anyone can quote me on that”
Asking your mom whether it’d be ok if u were theoretically a lesbian
Learning to embrace a naturally low and textured voice
Singing the transest possible song for the Encanto auditions
Entity as a gender
Becoming the court jester you were meant to be :)
Plus: Rats, Zootopia, Disney queer awakenings, pole dancing, and something about queering cishet relationships??
Find Jess at @jessdarrow_ on IG and on IMDb.
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