Jennifer Beals on how 'The L Word' reboot has adapted for a new generation.
Jennifer Beals, a star of both the original series and reboot, said this shift was"one of the reasons we wanted to bring back the show."
“You have this generation who is so thoroughly authentic that they wouldn’t accept any kind of preconceived labels about their gender or their sexuality ... so they found the language to describe their own experience, rather than accepting someone else’s definition of their experience,” she said during anBeals said the courage and bravery she sees in young people today also inspired her to support
, a nonprofit dedicated to advocating for LGBTQ youth. She sells prints of photos she’s taken from “The L Word" set through her website, and the proceeds support GLSEN., Vanessa Williams, Griffin Dunne and Donald Faison.“First of all, she’s a fantastic actor, and she’s also an incredible artist and just a wonderful human being. [Our characters] are written to be at odds, but it was difficult sometimes, because I love Rosie, so that was an interesting challenge," she said.