Young Sheldon star Raegan Revord is standing confidently in their gender identity amid their career change.
Raegan, who rose to fame for portraying the sassy Missy Cooper on the The Big Bang Theory prequel, recently opened up about the importance of representation in media during the television starâs recent interview with Entertainment Tonight.
âItâs so cool because growing up, whenever I would see a celebrity or whoever come out as nonbinary or queer, I was like, âOh my god, this is so cool, I see myself in you,’â Raegan, who wasnât allowed to even change their hair during Young Sheldon days, told the outlet. âItâs so crazy to have that experience where Iâm now that person and there might be a kid somewhere whoâs like, âOh my god, I see myself in you.’â
âItâs so cool because growing up, whenever I would see a celebrity or whoever come out as nonbinary or queer, I was like, âOh my god, this is so cool, I see myself in you,’â Raegan, who wasnât allowed to even change their hair during Young Sheldon days, told the outlet. âItâs so crazy to have that experience where Iâm now that person and there might be a kid somewhere whoâs like, âOh my god, I see myself in you.’â
Raegan, who uses them/they pronouns added: âThatâs such an insane thing because I was in that kidâs shoes at some point in my life.â
Following Raegan finding success as a small screen star, the entertainer is now adding author to their resume. This year, the performer dropped their debut novel titled Rules for Fake Girlfriends â a sweet queer love story.
âBeing able to contribute to the ever-growing, amazing collection of queer literature is such an honor, and very exciting,â Raegan explained to USA TODAY earlier this month.
Amid downtime in between takes on Young Sheldon, they were able to pull together the novelâs manuscript, thus fulfilling a childhood dream.
âI would have my computer hidden on set, and then whenever they said âcut,â I would bring it out, write ⊠as quick as I could, then stash it right before they said action,â the actor explained. âThatâs how I wrote probably half my book.â
