Ruby Cruz in another queer project? Fork found in kitchen.
Cruz’s next gay role will be in the short film Steak Dinner, where she plays Taylor, who interrupts surprise dinner plans by her girlfriend Casey (played by Lucy Idella) with a strange wounded creature that she intends to nurse back to health. Sounds bizarre — we’re in.
Steak Dinner premieres tonight, February 12, at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It’s one of 10 winners of the Anora x Kodak contest, curated by Anora writer and director Sean Baker. Steak Dinner’s writer, director, and editor Nathan Ginter promoted the premiere on Instagram with a new poster featuring Cruz and Idella that has fans across social media hyped for the film.
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Cruz is no stranger to tackling queer roles. Her breakout performance was as lesbian Disney princess Kit Tanthalos in the Disney+ series Willow, followed by her feature film debut as the awkward Hazel in Bottoms and a recent role as Ash in The Sex Lives of College Girls, a love interest to Mia Rodgers as Taylor.
Cruz is also queer herself, though she’s said playing so many gay characters wasn’t necessarily her intention for her career.
“I didn’t set out to be like, I am going to play a bunch of queer characters. You know what I mean?” Cruz said in a recent interview with Elle. “To end up in that position, I feel so lucky. It’s really cool to contribute to something that I wanted as a kid, [to have] more mainstream queer stories.”
“I remember thinking about that when I was younger because I’ve always wanted to act,” Cruz added. “I find it so lucky that I have found myself on sets and part of stories and projects that are super accepting and that are queer stories that I’ve been able to be myself entirely. I think that’s so lucky and so fortunate.”
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