Ruby Rose on the significance of bagging Batwoman

Actress Ruby Rose makes history as the titular heroine of Batwoman, television's first superhero series led by an openly gay character.

Los Angeles: For Ruby Rose, the role holds much significance and in a recent interview, she explained the reason behind why she loves her new part.

"Everyone wants to play a superhero," Rose told Emmy magazine in an interview. "Batwoman, in particular, means so much to me because she's so comfortable within her sexuality. It's a character that I wish I could have seen on television growing up. It's time. It's time to have a gay superhero."

In the interview, the actress of Australian origin also recalls how she started her career at seven, with modelling assignment. After a stint as a veejay on MTV Australia, she shifted base to the US to chase Hollywood dreams, reports eonline.com.

"I packed up everything and came to the States with, like, two suitcases," she recalled. "And I didn't get anything for two years. Couldn't get a manager, couldn't get an agent, could not get an audition," Rose said.

Despite all the hard times, she remained hopeful to make her dreams come true and created a short film titled Break Free. Rose explained that the film allowed her to express herself, a welcomed change considering she had been encouraged to wear her hair long and appear, as she put it, "very feminine" for her previous jobs.

To Indian movie buffs, Rose is best known as Deepika Padukone and Vin Diesel's co-star in xXx: Return Of Xander Cage.

With inputs from IANS