Then, she was temporarily in a wheelchair until she suddenly regained the ability to walk. First, her dad died at an orchestra concert. Devi, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, is your typical cut-and-paste main character in a dramedy series targeted toward a young teen audience: quirky to the point of it being a flaw.ĭevi’s character was so obviously planned out at a meeting table that it’s almost hard to watch her waltz around behind the screen her commitment to character is synonymous with the acting capabilities of a shopping-mall Santa Claus.ĭevi has so many character traits that it’s difficult to even keep up with. Devi is a sophomore in high school whose eagerness to change her social status and appearance is almost as awkward as her acting. The show centers around its main character, Devi. When the first few minutes of Never Have I Ever rushed by, I was confident in my ignorant bliss that the actors on screen were all first-timers, and I was right-mostly. I’ve never been someone who is good with faces, thus actors and actresses have always been a weakness of mine due to the fact that I can never place names to faces. Waiting a whole week for a show to come out was torture, especially considering the fact that we are in quarantine where time seems to go by at a heartbreaking pace.īut, one night well after its release, with the cheap, unoriginal glow of Netflix’s TV Show section illuminating my face, I saw the headline I grew so enamored with, and in a split second, I hit play. When I first saw an ad for Netflix’s new original series Never Have I Ever, I was so shocked at the use of the crude humor that I immediately looked for the show on Netflix. Sometimes you can just feel it within yourself and that’s okay! You’re still valid.“Later, virgin” is an eye-catching phrase, to say the least. You don’t have to have a huge coming out. “Whatever you feel most comfortable with makes you valid. Sometimes you already know how you feel on the inside, but you don’t want to put a label on it,” Lee said. “I want to speak out about my own experiences now because I want people to know that coming out looks different for everyone. Lee also shared another reason why she’s sharing her story. I would love to see different ways to come out, because it doesn’t have to look a certain way.” “I hope down the road, more people see their stories represented, even when they aren’t your traditional kind of coming out stories. A lot of people related to Fabiola because she’s a nerdy, queer woman, and I personally related to Fabiola’s storyline too.” “But storylines like Fabiola’s give validity and make people feel seen and less alone. I’m the only one who feels like I don’t really fit into queer culture and there’s only one way to be queer,’” she said. “Sometimes you think, ‘Oh, I’m the only one who feels this way. You don’t owe anyone an explanation for your queerness or proof that you’re a valid queer person,” Lee continued. But you shouldn’t have to explain your queerness. “When people kept asking me, I felt like maybe I didn’t look like a queer person. But what I didn’t know was how much I would get the question.” “I personally would not have taken the role if I wasn’t. I knew it was going to be a thing when taking on the role of Fabiola and I was prepared for that because it’s not okay for straight actors to take queer roles,” Lee shared. “I kind of felt pressured, in a way, to share that part of me. If you remember, in season one Fabiola came out, and in real life, Lee came out on National Coming Out Day in October 2020. The 21-year-old actress shared her thoughts in a recent article with Cosmopolitan where she dished on being “tired of coming out.” Lee Rodriguez is opening up about coming out and how she relates to her character Fabiola on Never Have I Ever.
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