Here, Jessie Mei Li – aka the star of Netflix’s Shadow And Bone – talks feminist fantasies, Darklina shippers, and social media fears

Here, Jessie Mei Li u2013 aka the star of Netflixu2019s Shadow And Bone u2013 talks feminist fantasies, Darklina shippers, and social media fears

Shadow And Bone's Jessie Mei Li reveals the truth about Alina

Under Her Eye

Alina’s femininity isn’t first and foremost the thing that we see

Alina’s spent her whole life trying to convince everyone that she’s not the enemy

We finished filming at the end of February 2020, and a week later we were in lockdown 

We do get the very obvious impression that General Kirigan is a bit of a snake 

I was actually diagnosed with ADHD last summer, which was a massive revelation to me 

It’s the same as any other show, but with just a bit of added zhoosh! 

Here, the star of Shadow And Bone talks feminist fantasies, Darklina shippers, and social media fears