“I guess she’s sort of beautiful. I don’t know, those lips. You know, lips are supposed to be a perfect reflection of another part of a woman’s anatomy. Not that I’m a lesbian. Well, maybe I am. No, definitely not. I told my mother I was, just for shock value. She said “fine, just as long as you don’t smoke,” which of course is my main joy in life. I can’t imagine where she came from. I mean, none of the other girls that go to my school are that scangie. I really wish we could be friends.”
Out of all the roles you’ve done so far, which one left the biggest and most lasting impact on you, and why?
"A couple of years ago, I did a show for Netflix called ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’ and that character of Luke I still think of to this day. I think it was probably the first time where I was allowed to be myself and just be as vulnerable as I feel most of the time. I think there’s historically been this idea for men in particular, that they need to be a certain way or be defined in a certain way, and I have definitely struggled with trying to be what people think I am or expect me to be over the course of my life. Luke was the chance to be all the parts of me without hiding."
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
ph. Kosmas Pavlos for Numéro Netherlands