How 'Billions' actor Asia Kate Dillon uses their platform as 1st non-binary TV star to help others.
has been cast in a role that’s breaking barriers in the high-stakes Wall Street drama steeped in money, power and politics. Dillon’s character, Taylor Mason, is the first major non-binary character to hit American television.
"Playing Taylor has -- has changed my life in that they have really shown me how to live in one's freedom," the actor said. "And for that, I'm eternally grateful." "We all are assigned a sex at birth," they continued. "And then a gender identity is placed on top of that -- [they] are two different things."
"The first time I saw those words next to each other in a way that made me curious and therefore led me to researching those words," they said. "But then, looking them up -- it all just clicked into place." Dillon's character first appeared as Axelrod's protégé in the second season of the series, but now in the series’ fourth season, their relationship is in shambles.
Showrunners and executive producers Brian Koppelman and David Levien auditioned actors from across the spectrum of gender identification before Asia got the part. Dillon's role was created in part to disrupt the norms of what “Billions” depicts as the dog-eat-dog world of Wall Street. They also said they've had feedback from people who admitted to being "homophobic" or "transphobic" and yet told them "'I love 'Billions' and I love your character. And Taylor's really changing my heart and my mind.'"
"I certainly don't want my travel experience to be any more complicated than it already is," Dillon added. So usually for ease and safety, they said they "choose female." "I knew it never felt right to be a girl," Dillon shared. "I also didn't feel like a boy either and so I just, I just always tried to be me."
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