Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer reflects on being trans and recalls chats with ...

Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer reflects on being trans and recalls chats with ...
Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer reflects on being trans and recalls chats with ...

Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer looks stunning gracing the new issue of new issue of Harper's Bazaar.

The 22-year-old appears braless on the cover in a stunning sheer top, and opens up in the interview about her friendship with co-star Zendaya, and reflects on being a trans woman in the entertainment industry. 

She recalled speaking to Zendaya about childhood, which triggered the star to look at her own journey growing up - and why being part of the trans community can make you a 'great' artist. 

Hunter explained: 'One day Z was telling a story from her childhood, and then she said: "You never talk about your childhood,"' Hunter dished.

New profile: Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer lifted the curtain on a personal conversation she had with her co-star Zendaya

New profile: Euphoria actress Hunter Schafer lifted the curtain on a personal conversation she had with her co-star Zendaya

On the small screen: Hunter and Zendaya are pictured together on Zendaya

On the small screen: Hunter and Zendaya are pictured together on Zendaya

'It's a little bit sad but also true to say that I feel like the story of my life begins in my late teens, when I was finally living in the world the way I was supposed to.'

Hunter stated: 'I don't know if I've talked about this in the press before, but I think there's a phenomenon among the trans and queer community, and it's why we make great artists a lot of the time.'

She went on: 'When your exterior world and your body and your self are not in line with who you are, you turn inward.'

The model and actress said: 'And my theory is that I built a really rich inner world until I started feeling like myself in my body. I've been trying to do the work of digging up stuff, but it's going to take a while to excavate everything.'

Cover girl: Hunter, 22, covered the new issue of Harper's Bazaar and inside the magazine she held forth about being a transgender woman

Cover girl: Hunter, 22, covered the new issue of Harper's Bazaar and inside the magazine she held forth about being a transgender woman

Candid: 'It’s a little bit sad but also true to say that I feel like the story of my life begins in my late teens, when I was finally living in the world the way I was supposed to,' she said

Candid: 'It’s a little bit sad but also true to say that I feel like the story of my life begins in my late teens, when I was finally living in the world the way I was supposed to,' she said

Zendaya herself, who is three years older than Hunter and has been famous much longer, has described the older sibling dynamic she felt toward her younger co-star.

'Knowing that she was so young and so much of this was new to her, my thing was being as much of a big sister as I could,' said Zendaya. 'What we

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