#anyway ik in theatre and voice acting theyll often have actresses play male roles but its uncommon in live action tv

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i saw devs when it came out + then kinda forgot it existed for years but i remember rly liking it so im rewatching now and this might sound kinda dumb but lyndon being played by a woman was genuinely a gender turning point for me like its never commented on or made into a whole deal its just. a cis actress playing a cis guy

#i just appreciate that they cast the best person for the role and then didnt go around changing details later to make her fit into it #they were just like well here's this teenage boy. have fun #and ik it was partly bc they wanted the character to look rly young but didnt want to hire child actors #but smth abt it just clicked for me #honestly i respect even garland more for explicitly saying that the character isnt intended to be trans it was just a casting choice #bc ppl were getting worked up like ugh why didnt they just change his character into a girl called lynda. or make lyndon nonbinary 🙄 #like to me thats not the point. gender is already a performance anyway so for someone who performs for a living- #what difference does it make really. #non conformance to gender isnt a trans exclusive thing as well. i think it would be good for more ppl to keep that in mind sometimes #idk if i necessarily identify as trans but id started using he/him pronouns before i first saw devs and smth abt it just made me feel seen #anyway ik in theatre and voice acting theyll often have actresses play male roles but its uncommon in live action tv #so just kinda cool! ok ramble over im gonna go find smth to do w the rest of my morning #.diaries