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Interviews: Katie Stuart on Exes And Ohs
Katie tells why her character, Olivia, would have to be the oldest child; she also discusses lesbians on TV.
"My name is Katie Stuart and I play Olivia.
I think Olivia's back-story is pretty... pretty typical. Um, I think she sort of grew up, Mum and Dad, maybe a little brother or a little sister. Um, I think she's definately the oldest and I think that's where a lot of the positive energy comes from and trying to find out who she is. Cause it's not like... it's not like being the middle child where you're like ahh, I've gotta find that road that's not travelled yet. I think she's kind've straight out on her own and really excited about learning about herself and learning about the world around her.
I do relate to her. Really, I relate to any character that I've played but Olivia... Olivia I definately relate to because she's got this very charming naivety to her. She's very much ready to make that leap into womanhood and she just doesn't quite know how to go about it, I don't think.
On top of hanging out in cafés and listening to people playing guitars and jiving on music, uh she likes to ride her bike, she likes skateboarding. She's a little bit grunge but not too grunge cause that's not really in anymore. She's kinda, into the music scene definately.
Olivia is struggling with her own identity as many sixteen-year-olds are and she's really into music. She likes art. She's very expressive and more than... more than being able to express herself, she sort've finds other people who can express herself for her or finds other areas which express how she's feeling for her.
There's not a lot of lesbian shows on TV, um, it's definately a... not a well represented area of the community at all, on television right now but that's starting to change and that's been changing over the last couple of years and it's definately getting out there more. What I really like about Exes And Ohs specifically is that they're not focussed on the "gay thing" as a whole. Like, that's not the focus of the show. The show's about people. It's about the relationships between the people, whatever height, colour, age, sexuality they may be, and any show about people has gotta be fun." |
