Because a lot of the time I think they think, “Oh man, I’m such a weirdo, you know…who’s gonna want me?” and the reality is that someone does, and some one can show you the love that you deserve on this earth. I wank kids to know that they’re valued, that they can have love, that they deserve love, that they’re able to have those types of things. Sierra Stella: What do you hope audiences take away from this film?Īlexandra Shipp: I really want this film to have an impact on the LGBTQ community. And it’s time, I think it’s long overdue. They’re bringing that person to the forefront, and I think that’s exciting. It’s high school coming of age, but it’s told from this new perspective that most of the time is sort of a cursory character. Again, I think one of the strengths of the film is that it is going down well-worn territory. NR: I hope they walk away feeling included and represented, and hopefully have gained or shared a perspective that maybe they hadn’t seen before. SS: So on a related note, what do you hope audiences take from this film? It’s basically defying people’s expectations and I’m excited for people to actually experience it for themselves. ![]() It was addressing and promoting the journey of coming out of the closet and in a way that was very palatable to audiences, so I think that…it’s kind of subversive in that way. It was kind of filling a void, I think, that maybe people didn’t even know needed filling. And speaking with Greg beforehand, before we actually started actually working on it, you sort of got to understand the potential of a film like this. NR: I feel like this film, the message behind it is just so positive, and that was kind of the motivating factor. SS: Yeah, I doubt we would have hung out. NR: Yeah, you and I probably wouldn’t have gotten along. I always paid for my tickets, went to the correct movie. SS: Oh, you were a much worse kid than I was. I use to come to movies here all the time. Sierra Stella: Hi, Nick, nice to meet you. ![]() Alexandra Shipp plays Abby Suso, one of Simon’s best friends and closest confidants she is best known for playing Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse and will star in the upcoming Shaft reboot. Robinson is a Seattle local who you may have seen in the indie hit Kings of Summer or the blockbuster juggernaut that was Jurassic World and plays main character Simon Spier. We sat down with stars Nick Robinson and Alexandra Shipp to talk about the impact of the Love, Simon and what it means for LGBTQ+ youth to have a film that depicts their own experiences. The film is adapted from the book Simon Versus the Homo Sapiens Agenda and tackles the same themes of self discovery you would come to expect for the films of the genre, but tells a story often omitted from mainstream cinema. Last week we were given the incredible opportunity to interview the cast of the upcoming movie Love, Simon, a new coming of age film that follows the titular character as he navigates high school while keeping one major secret: he’s gay.
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