Playing as: A 29-year-old paratrooper named Felix New arrival Natalya is entering The Circle as a member of the military service, but instead of playing herself, she’ll be playing a man. Speaking of her decision to go into the show, she said: “I like the message that I’m portraying, that all is not what you see with the gender roles in the military. It would be nice to say that a female in armed forces can still retain her femininity as well as being a successful solider. I think the more powerful meaning behind it is that I can do exactly the same as what any man can do, but because of my gender it’s not always been seen as the case.”