Actor Sasha Lane Covers Flaunt's 20th Anniversary Issue, Lensed By Ioulex

Actor Sasha Lane holds court on Flaunt Magazine's 20th anniversary cover, styled by Savannah White with images by Ioulex. / Makeup by Vincent Oquendo; hair by Larry Sims

We learn the unique means in which Lane -- with no acting experience -- came to star in 'American Honey', winning Andrea Arnold, the "auteur" behind 'Fish Tank' and 'Red Road' a third Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize. 

 Sasha Lane wields a fiery independent streak. “I think the reason I was discovered the way I was is that I’m not like everyone else,” she says. When she was growing up in rural, working-class Texas, Hollywood had been less a real place and more of an abstract—not necessarily positive—idea. In her new life, Lane says that she’s much more hopeful. “Now I can express myself and move in the direction I want to move. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” She pauses. “But I have more anxiety, too.” She’s says she’s focused on “clearing out bad shit,” and that her home is a source of comfort and stability: “I have a brother and a dog. What else do you need?”