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Mabel and Honoria are in the closet.
They gaze at each other, they share feelings, they lightly touch.
Youre not just like I like girls!
and someones like, Yeah you do!
Was that your first time playingBeing a lesbian?
Onscreen?[Laughs.]
It was, yeah!
You know, that was really important to me.
Did you know the story at all ofThe Buccaneersbefore you heard about the project?No I didnt.
It was a book, which …
I dont pick up much of them.
And it was also a period-historical thing …
So no, not at all.
Also not what it ended up being, but very enticing.
What was so enticing about it?The fact that it wasGirlsmeets the 1800s.
The 1800s didnt appeal to you at first?Not necessarily with the political nature of that time.
I dont get excited when I see the 1800s written down.
The girl that was playing Lizzy was only like 17.
It didnt really make sense.
Maybe thats why it didnt get made.
Or its getting made without me.
I have no idea.
So that was cool.
It feels like YA in a lot of ways.
I think its honest.
We dont really wear much makeup.
Little bit of oil!
They would have done a Shakespearean sort of soliloquy alone in their trailer before coming onstage.
Did you get any ideas into this show?I did.
There was one point where … Youre not just like I like girls!
and someones like Yeah, you do!
Its the 1800s.Well, what is that?
What does that mean?
What language do they have?
and she said Okay, what were you doodling about?
Do you want to just send it to me?
What was specifically important to you about your version of it?Paying respect to the time.
The original version was very cool, but this one was a little bit more Huh?
People were acknowledging that they didnt have the words for queerness.Yeah.
It was great both ways, but I thought that was cool to do.
Thats the balancing act on this show theres a Taylor Swift song in the first episode.Theres Lana Del Rey.
It was like, Maybe we should get on the same page of how we talk.
Mostly, I think we all are.
What was the process like?
So there was no coach for that specifically?No.
There were only three American people actually on the show.
But as far as the actual Americans, they just let us rock.
