Storm Reid gets up close and personal in the new special issue of Teen Vogue magazine.
Here’s what the 15-year-old actress shared about all her new and past projects:
On Euphoria and the impact of Rue’s overdose on her character, Gia: “It’s a tough conversation, but it’s a conversation that needs to be had. As an actress, it’s difficult. Rue and Gia are both trying to find themselves and figure themselves out. And Gia is really internalizing what Rue is doing to her and Rue is internalizing what she’s doing to Gia. So there’s hurt and pain there, and Gia starts to not make the best decisions. On a personal level, it’s not anything that’s new. [The opioid crisis] is something that’s even affected people in my family, so it was something that I could draw emotion from and I know how it makes me feel.”
On playing Lisa in Ava Duvernay’s When They See Us: “Ms. Ava gifted me a character that really humanized the boys because all people knew them as — especially then — criminals or accused criminals. And while some people knew they didn’t commit the crime, some people will still just see them as brown and black boys who did something wrong…. We live in a system, and in a world, where we’re penalized for being African American. We’re penalized for being part of a marginalized group. So of course [Ava] wants to cover the case, but what she really succeeds at is helping people get to know the boys before this happened to them.”
On the experience of her first feature film, 12 Years a Slave: “My first big breakout role was Wrinkle, but the first big production and set was probably 12 Years a Slave. Even though I was only in that [film] for like five minutes, it was very impactful for me. I had never been on a production that big. It was a huge step into what I’m doing now.”
For more on Storm, head to TeenVogue.com.
