Gabrielle Union says she's happy she finally got to play a lesbian.

The actress plays the lover of Annette Bening in the new epic Running With Scissors.

"I just did this film Running With Scissors where I play a lesbian- finally. 'The L Word' wouldn't have me, so thank God Annette Bening did. I play Annette Bening's lover and she's a speed freak and junkie and manic depressive. She paints her nails depending on her moods."

Running With Scissors is a dark comedy about an adult man looks back on his childhood with his bipolar and self-centered mother and will be released in theatres in 2006.

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