Colton Haynes & Emily Bett Rickards Challenge Gender Norms in Vanity Fair Shoot

Colton Haynes and Emily Bett Rickards share a steamy kiss in a new Vanity Fair photoshoot by Tyler Shields.

The 27-year-old actor swaps outfits with his 24-year-old Arrow co-star in the shoot, which features Emily smoking cigars and Colton donning a wig and lipstick.

“They made it very easy because they were not afraid to give me everything they had,” Tyler told the mag about the duo’s chemistry during the shoot. “With Colton and Emily it was perfect. You could really feel they knew each other and trusted each other, and that was amazing.”

Tyler said the photos were inspired by gender norms in the 1950s, adding, “I think it speaks a lot to the time we are in right now as androgyny is a two-way street.”