gURL’s Spotlight on Nikki Reed
gURL got a chance to chat with the always lovely Nikki Reed recently about her teen years, her current projects and the best and worst parts of being a girl. Check out all Nikki has to say in this very sweet interview:
You’ve played a lot of dark, angsty characters in the past, especially in Thirteen.
Yeah. It’s really important for me to always try to find something interesting about each character in terms of where they came from and what their family life was.
Speaking of family life, yours was pretty crazy when you were a teen, right?
I definitely went through a rough patch, but I wasn’t nearly as destructive as the character that I played in Thirteen. I think for me, growing up fast and living on my own, which is certainly not something for everybody, forced me to grow up and be responsible. I didn’t have the opportunity to go out and party like a lot of the young girls in Hollywood that all lived at home with Mommy and Daddy.
What do you mean you grew up fast?
I had to pay bills. I had to support myself. My family didn’t have a lot of money, so I had to be the adult for them too.
Some parts of being a gURL suck, as you said, like trying to fit in. But what’s your favorite part about being a gurl?
Oh, definitely all the fun, awesome things that we get to do with accessories and stuff. I think we get to be a lot more colorful and playful in life with style and accessories (than guys).
And your least favorite?
We still live in a time unfortunately where women are viewed differently than men.. We preach about equality all the time, and I just don’t feel like we’re actually there yet in reality So there are moments where I wish I was a man because there are things men get to do. Or not even they get to do, as it is how they’re viewed that I envy.
Read the entire interview at gURL here.
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