Riverdale alum Drew Ray Tanner said representation shown in his new film, Boot Camp is necessary. “As an actor, it’s always going to be about the story,” he told Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum. “It’s always going to be less about what the character is defined as externally, but more so their motivations and things like that.” He described how Boot Camp , the latest film from Wattpad WEBTOON Studios has representations of varying types via the two main characters, played by him and Rachel Boudwin. “I would love to be in a world where things like representation in race didn’t have to play a huge part in order for us to be able to tell our stories,” he explained, also reflecting on his time on Riverdale . “Sometimes it feels a bit like that where it’s like, well, can you actually fit this specific sort of thing that we’re trying to do right now? Or can you just be the actor that’s right for this character and not let race play a part in it? And so I think I spent a...
