De naam Nicole Maines zal je waarschijnlijk weinig zeggen, maar zij speelt Dreamer in de CW TV serie Supergirl. Net als in het echte leven van Nicole is het karakter een Transgender en dat dit nu op TV is, is vrij baanbrekend te noemen. Hoewel de meeste CW series wel een lesbisch of homoseksueel karakter heeft, is een trans iets vrij nieuws. Maar goed, de website Collider had nu een zeer uitgebreid interview met Nicole Maines en daar in kwam van alles aan bod en ook dat ze een groot video game liefhebber is en dat kleine stukje kan je nu hier onder lezen.

Do you have favorite current video games that you like to play?

MAINES: I love League of Legends. I don't love the community. It's notoriously a toxic online community, and it's very scary and people are mean, but I love that game. I play it with my best friend and my brother, and it's great ‘cause none of us live near each other, so it's been a great way to stay connected. I love Battlefront. I love Warframe. I love Grand Theft Auto. That's really fun when I need to blow off steam. I have a pink car with gold trim. It's really cute. I'm a big fan of it. I love the Jedi Fallen Order game. That was really fun. I finished that in a weekend and cried. It was just a beautiful touching story.

What was the first video game that you played?

MAINES: Oh, gosh. I was really little. The first game I have a memory of playing was on the PlayStation 1. I had a Sesame Street bicycle racing game that was like Mario Kart, but for kids. The first game that I really got into was Pokémon. I think my first one was Pokémon Fire Red, or maybe Pokémon Ruby.

Do you also have a favorite cosplay character that you've dressed up as, or a favorite costume that you've gotten to wear?

MAINES: I used to do it in high school, but I was terrible at it. I'm a terrible seamstress. All of my costumes were such disasters, but my two favorite ones were Ibuki Mioda, from Super Danganronpa 2, that I loved, and Pyrrha Nikos. from RWBY. It was dreadful. The armor that I made for that was just truly atrocious, but I felt so cool. I want to be so good at it, and I'm so not. I've gotten past the point where I feel like I need to make everything myself. I have a set of skills, and I recognize that sewing is not one of them. Other people have those skills, and I can support their art. We can support each other.