Though Reneé Rapp has formally departed The Sex Lives of College Girls, Season 3 of the Max comedy collection is continuous with just a few new faces.
Gracie Lawrence, who performs high-maintenance virginal new roommate Kacey, just lately defined that the character will not be “changing” Rapp’s Leighton, who left Essex Faculty this season to pursue a extra superior program at MIT.
“I believe Kacey’s very completely different [from Rapp’s character, Leighton],” Lawrence advised Us Weekly. “There was no intention of ever feeling prefer it was changing [her] or something like that as a result of that’s an iconic character. Leighton is a beloved iconic character. I don’t assume anybody — from the creators of the present to any of the actors — would need to step on the toes of that.”
After Kacey’s intro in episode ‘4 to a Suite’, as the brand new scholar taking Leighton’s spot within the suite with Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), Bela (Amrit Kaur) and Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott), Lawrence stated the Max collection’ showrunners are “making an attempt to do one thing completely new” with the introduction of her and Mia Rodgers’ queer sober freshman Taylor.
“They’re constructing out the forged with a lot respect and homage to what [Rapp] delivered to the present,” defined Lawrence.
After Deadline broke the information that Rapp was exiting the show in July 2023 amid her Snow Onerous Emotions Tour for her debut studio album Snow Angel, collection co-creator Justin Noble beforehand teased that Leighton “positively still has some lessons and room to develop forward of her.”
