![]() ![]() There are so many things that we don’t like about each other. And you forget that everyone has their own thing. and everybody is beautiful and seemingly perfect. It’s important to remember that everyone has their insecurities, and this is what I’m learning. Being in a group that’s been so underrepresented and mistreated, and being in this group through all the injustice throughout time, you’d think that we’d come together and support each other. Maybe we are somehow predisposed to be more territorial. Can you weigh in on how women support, or don’t? It’s wonderful to see these girls who want to support each other, rather than fight about men, or other women, or whatever the case may be. I love that Faking It is essentially about a female friendship and how to maintain that throughout everything. So there’s definitely that characteristic. I don’t have too many friends, but the people I am close with I try to hold on to and be loyal to. I wish I could have been a little more like her when I was 16. And she has it together even more than I did. I had a better sense of how to filter things out, and I can definitely relate to her in that sense. I had some classmates that would make certain things a bigger deal. I think I saw what was more important at an earlier age. I had to grow up a little faster given my background. In what ways can you personally relate to Amy? She’s a good friend and I think she has a good sense of what’s important and what isn’t, and she’s kind of pulled into this lie that she has to live out with Karma who cares a lot more about perception and popularity. She’s loyal, even though sometimes she puts herself on the back burner for it. She’s very strong, and she’s a very independent girl. I went out for the role of Karma initially, so it all turned out the way it was supposed to. I couldn’t really think of anything else out there, especially for a younger demographic. ![]() In the beginning it was just another audition, but when I got I thought it was definitely something new. What drew you to Faking It and the role of Amy? The 24-year-old Volk chatted with SheWired about the importance of women and girls supporting each other, the responsibility of playing a character who is so important to LGBT kids, bullying, Amy's upcoming hook-up/s and whether or not the character will ever identify as bisexual. Volk, a Duke grad best known for playing Katnip in The Hangover/Hunger Games parody The Hungover Games, plays Amy with a perfect mélange of humor, wonder, and earthiness that, along with the central relationship of the Amy and Karma (Katie Stevens) friendship, is the heart and soul of the series that plays out in a fantasy land of the hyper-liberal Hester High. The series, from out showrunner Carter Covington, includes gay male characters, television’s first intersex character, and Amy, who continues on a path to discover who she really is amidst maintaining a truly loving friendship with the best friend she’s also devastatingly in love with. Mid-way through its second season Faking It continues to break boundaries and to push buttons. ![]()
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