Jess Darrow is the they/them who played the butch dyke in Encanto
Added 2026-01-26 06:00:07 +0000 UTCThis 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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Comments
Hmmm I hear you but ultimately I need to take people at their word or else there’s not any point in asking survey questions in the first place
Tuck
2026-01-27 00:13:37 +0000 UTC(Re: the ep intro--I personally would not interpret ~half of respondents not checking the box to say they wanted new guest interviews on GC as meaning they literally do not like guest interviews! It's possible that that's true for some people but I would bet money on a sizeable portion of people having answered that way so as to not stress y'all out/actively request what seems like more labor-intensive stuff on the bonus feed.)
K
2026-01-26 22:57:40 +0000 UTC
