This is marketable in certain demographics, but we've already met the diversity quota, so no thanks. Besides, we don't want it to be too "political" and lose our dependable fanbase.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, famously apolitical movie The Matrix in the entirely apolitical genre of dystopian sci-fi.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Dystopian? Ah yes, no one was turning a profit. Very sad.

Although that Cyrus character was quite the go getter.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 16 points 5 months ago

All studio execs do is "mitigate" movies to appeal to a broader audience...

An analogy would be a corporate chef who removes garlic from a tomato sauce so that people who don't like garlic will eat it, and those that do will know something is missing but can't complain too much because... endless salad and breadsticks, plus mom likes the "atmosphere"

Replace garlic with trans character, and endless salads and breadsticks with the MCU

[–] BarryZuckerkorn@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

If you think that society was friendlier to trans people in 1999 compared to 2024, you are mistaken.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I can think of one reasonable reason for it. They'd be harder to identify between the two versions. It makes some sense to not change the look that much (or the actor if that was the plan) to not confuse the audience.

[–] GlennicusM@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

Makes sense. Sucks it never happened though because that would have been a cool idea.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also have to pay and credit two actors for one role, which might get sticky, especially with awards.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

I mean you credit them as 2 different roles, Switch (In-Matrix) and Switch (IRL). Happens all the time for different ages of the same characters being portrayed by younger and older actors.