Orange is the New Black stars discuss life on the inside

Laverne Cox and Taylor Schilling give us a glimpse behind their characters in Orange is the New Black, writes Ed Power

IN HIT prison drama Orange Is The New Black, Taylor Schilling plays a snooty, manipulative – and frankly unpleasant – inmate named Piper.

Schilling’s character can be sweet and plucky but she’s often deeply self-serving and unpleasant. That a women would be portrayed in such unflattering terms is apparently too much for many, who have lauded OITNB for venturing where other television fears to tread.