Uglies Star Laverne Cox Used To Have a “Huge Crush on Keanu Reeves”

To call Laverne Cox’s list of superlatives “incredible” is a massive understatement. She’s the first African-American transgender person to produce and star in her own TV show (subsequently winning a GLAAD Media Award). She blazed onto the screen as Sophia in Orange in the New Black, stealing our hearts and becoming the first transgender person nominated for an acting award at the Emmys. Beyond her amazing acting work, Cox has received an Honorary Doctorate from The New School, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, and has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Laverne Cox is an absolute powerhouse. Now she’s starring in Netflix’s new young adult science-fiction adaptation, Uglies. Directed by McG and based on the novel Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Uglies centers around a future post-apocalyptic dystopian society in which a compulsory operation wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty. Joey King’s Tally Youngblood escapes to a renegade settlement called the Smoke, where city runaways go to escape the operation. Cox plays Dr. Cable, the head of Special Circumstances, often using her position of power over Tally. Collider’s Steve Weintraub was lucky to sit with Laverne Cox to chat about all things Uglies. They were also able to discuss what it’s like working with Keanu Reeves and Jonah Hill, and her ultra-personal upcoming dramedy co-starring comedy legend George Wallace. #uglies #lavernecox #keanureeves For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL