Cara Delevingne joined the forged of Solely Murders within the Constructing for season 2. Her character Alice is a gifted artist and Mabel Mora’s new love curiosity. Though Delevingne has been open about figuring out as pansexual, that is the primary time she has portrayed an overtly queer character. Delevingne additionally appreciates how Alice’s identification was dealt with within the Hulu collection.
Cara Delevingne has overtly mentioned her sexuality and gender identification
Delevingne is a 29-year-old English mannequin, actor, and singer. Earlier than being forged in Hulu’s Solely Murders within the Constructing, the actor appeared in movies comparable to Paper Cities and Suicide Squad, in line with IMDb. She additionally portrayed Vignette Stonemoss within the Amazon Prime collection Carnival Row.
In a 2020 interview with Variety, Delevigne mentioned her sexuality and gender identification overtly. “The thing is with me, I change a lot,” she informed the outlet. “I feel different all the time. Some days, I feel more womanly. Some days, I feel more like a man.”
Delevigne selected a phrase to explain herself whereas talking with the outlet. “I always will remain, I think, pansexual,” she defined. “However one defines themselves, whether it’s ‘they’ or ‘he’ or ‘she,’ I fall in love with the person — and that’s that. I’m attracted to the person.”
Cara Delevingne pertains to her ‘Only Murders in the Building’ character
Solely Murders within the Constructing‘s Alice is maybe probably the most relatable character for Cara Delevingne. “They described the part to me, and they were like, ‘she’s English, queer, and a wannabe artist’… I was like, ‘that sounds like me,’” the actor stated, in line with Newsweek.
She continued, “I got quite attached to the character. I never usually play an English role, and I also never play a queer part, so I was kind of like, ‘so what work do I have to do?’ So I decided I’ll change my hair and be more involved in the clothes. It feels like I had to work harder to do something.”
Alice is Delevigne’s first overtly queer character
Delevingne was additionally a bit of shocked by the revelation that that is the primary queer character she has ever performed. The actor appreciates how Solely Murders within the Constructing seamlessly dealt with Alice’s sexuality and relationship with Mabel.
“It honestly was weird that I hadn’t really thought about that, that I hadn’t played a role like that before now,” she informed Entertainment Weekly. “The way in which that they wrote the character was so fascinating as a result of that wasn’t the entire story.
“It was very much ingrained within [her character], which I think is the most amazing part because for such a huge show, the fact that the queer character can be in it and not be such a focus is the more important thing for me, only because I think that’s what real life is about. It doesn’t have to be spoken about more than anything else. But just to represent that, I didn’t realize how happy it would make me.”
New episodes of Solely Murders within the Constructing drop Tuesdays on Hulu.