Ruby Rose Is Too Busy Being Batwoman To Care About Her Haters
RUBY ROSE
You know Piper, Alex and Big Boo. Soon, avid Orange Is the New Black fans will get to know Stella Carlin, a charismatic new face on Netflix´s hit show, played by Ruby Rose. This emerging actress considers herself a "multi-hyphenate creative spirit," with forays into fashion design, music and modeling. She is one of the faces of Maybelline in Australia, but her face is about to be all over TV here. In addition to the OITNB gig, Rose will appear as a "dangerously beautiful android" named Wendy in David Hewlett´s Syfy show Dark Matter, an adaptation of the graphic novel premiering this month. She´s played opposite Christina Ricci in an indie film, and her self-made short film Break Free-a "tribute to gender fluidity"-has garnered more than 18 million online views. Having been beaten up and bullied at school, Rose says she often felt alone and depressed. But in her career, staying in the closet was never an option, she says. "I didn´t grow up with any out role models, and it affected my life dramatically," Rose says. "It was important for me that I be out so I could be myself and inspire others to do the same." -SJ
She opened up about becoming Batwoman in a new profile in The New York Times.
The countdown to Batwoman continues! Lesbian actress Ruby Rose will play the lesbian superhero in a new series on The CW. Despite facing backlash, Rose says she’s ready to step into this role, which will make her the first LGBTQ superhero in a live-action series.
Rose made her debut as Batwoman in the Elseworlds superhero crossover event in December. When she was initially cast in the role, she faced such harsh criticism on social media that she deleted her Twitter. Critics claimed that Rose, a gender-fluid lesbian, isn’t “lesbian enough” to play Batwoman.
But Rose isn’t overly concerned about what strangers on the internet think about this groundbreaking role. She opened up about the topic in a new interview with The New York Times.
“I can’t please everybody and some people will love it, some people will like it, some people will have thought I wouldn’t be good and might be impressed,” she said. “Some people might be like, ’I still hate her!’ And that’s fine. That’s life. I’m not going to be on my deathbed one day like, ’I wish strangers on the internet that I never met liked me more.'”
Rose has no plans to revive her Twitter for the sake of promoting the series. She understands how important this project is for queer comic book nerds, and that’s what matters to her most.
“I’m going to be thinking, This is so awesome I got to play Batwoman for the first time, and no one else had played her,” Rose continued. “That’s my legacy and I’m going to own that.”
We can’t wait to catch the premiere of Batwoman on October 6. In the meantime, catch us rewatching the trailer over and over.
