Sex Lives of College Girls’ Reneé Rapp Recalls “Terrible” Time While Filming Season 1 – E! Online

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Reneé Rapp may play a force to be reckoned with as Leighton on Sex Lives of College Girls, but she’s not always as confident behind the scenes. In fact, the actress recently got candid about her struggles while filming season one of Mindy Kaling‘s HBO Max series.

“The first year doing College Girls was terrible,” Rapp admitted to host Alex Cooper on the Feb. 28 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast. “It sucked so bad. At the time, I was in a heteronormative relationship and I hated going to work.”

As the 23-year-old—who stars alongside Amrit Kaur, Alyah Chanelle Scott and Pauline Chalamet on the series—explained, part of the issue was dealing with major imposter syndrome.

“I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m good enough to be here,” she continued. “I don’t think I can be here. I don’t think I can be doing this. Maybe I’m just trying too hard?’ I would come home and I would psych myself out, literally.”

Though Rapp identifies as a “cis white woman who is bisexual,” that didn’t stop her from questioning herself over playing a lesbian character.