Emma just wants to know who they ’re pain by being themselves .

Emma Corrinopened up about the “vitriol” regarding their identity and expression.

In April 2021,TheCrownstar came out publicly as queer.

Later, in July 2021, they changed their pronouns on Instagram to they/them, and unfortunately, the public response has still been worse than they expected.

“The vitriol is worse than I anticipated,” Emma said in a May 22Harper’s Bazaarinterview. “Even though we like to think we’re in a progressive society, a lot of what we’re seeing is increasingly a step back."'

“People follow me because they’ve watched something I’m in. They think I’m one kind of person, and then they’ll see who I actually am and how I present, and — I will never understand why. Who are you hurting by being yourself? Why am I controversial?”

“I think it’s fear. Absolute fear.”

Emma’s known roles include Darby Hart inA Murder at the End of the World, Connie Reid inLady Chatterley’s Lover, Marion inMy Policeman, and their breakout portrayal ofPrincess DianainThe Crown.

Emma shared how one fan had a heartwarming response to their portrayal of Orlando in a stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending novel of the same name. “I remember this older man was waiting for me. His grandchild had come out as trans, and he was trying to understand it. SeeingOrlandoshifted his whole perspective; he couldn’t thank me enough. It was wild. It was beautiful.”

When asked if change might be coming to the film industry, Emma said, “It feels impossible to know where to start to enact the change that needs to be done,” they said. “But by taking up space, by being visible, that’s something in itself,” they said. “I’m a tiny cog at the moment.”

Read the fullinterviewhere.

Emma Corrin wears a casual knit sweater at an event, standing in a crowd

Actress Emma Corrin wearing a minimalist strapless outfit with a unique headpiece

Emma Corrin poses at an event in a unique outfit featuring a purple top with a circular ruffled design in the center over a blue shirt

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Emma Corrin in a sporty high-neck jacket with a distinctive mohawk hairstyle at a public event

Emma Corrin wearing a minimalist black dress with white heart and hand shapes in front of a white background

Emma Corrin wears a black dress with a netted headpiece at an event

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Closeup of Emma Corrin

Emma Corrin in a white sweater with short hair, attended an event with a crowd in the background