“The Sex Lives of College Girls” Season 3 introduces Mia Rodgers as Taylor, an edgy freshmen international student who becomes a headache for Bela (Amrit Kaur), though her tough exterior quickly fades by the end of Episode 2. After getting off to a rough start with Bela, her Freshman Advisor and Friend (FAF), Taylor shows Bela a new side of herself when she’s taken to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. Just as Bela begins to reprimand her, Taylor admits she needs help, and that she relapsed after being sober for a year — a raw and “powerful” confession that Rodgers said was facilitated by the set’s “safe space” and her “compassionate” acting partner.
“Having [Amrit] there to hold me through that was really special and allowed for Taylor to speak her truth and to let her walls down and realize, ‘OK, no, somebody does care, and I can be vulnerable in this moment and share my experience. I don’t need to do this alone,'” Rodgers told TheWrap. “It was really powerful.
” The moment of vulnerability solidifies Bela as someone Taylor can trust, despite Taylor initially playing defensive with Bela, with Rodgers saying, “She kind of expects the worst when she meets people.” The actress further noted that Taylor’s approach to new people is “completely the opposite” to Bela’s, whom Rodgers said “moves with love and care.” “Bela proved herself to Taylor and could stick up for herself, and I think she really respected that,” Rodgers exp.