For the more specific example, for any curious, the character Switch from the first movie was originally meant to be trans.
Switch was intended to be biologically male outside of the Matrix but then be female inside the Matrix, based on the way the system represents people by their self-image.
The production studio axed that idea, and the actress who was originally intended to only play 1/2 of the character ended up playing them outside the Matrix as well. The best they could do was keep the name and make Switch look androgynous.
addendum: love the discussion thread under this! Just thought that it might make sense to add that I was originally just referring to Northernlion’s bisexual Morpheus joke
Bisexual Morpheus would love this
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bisexual Morpheus would’ve been canon had the Wachowskis been allowed to do whatever they want.
They meant to include trans people, but were not allowed, so for all I know many of the characters were meant to be queer
For the more specific example, for any curious, the character Switch from the first movie was originally meant to be trans.
Switch was intended to be biologically male outside of the Matrix but then be female inside the Matrix, based on the way the system represents people by their self-image.
The production studio axed that idea, and the actress who was originally intended to only play 1/2 of the character ended up playing them outside the Matrix as well. The best they could do was keep the name and make Switch look androgynous.
The true trans people are the directors we made along the way
Is there any proof he’s not bi in the one matrix movie that exists?
addendum: love the discussion thread under this! Just thought that it might make sense to add that I was originally just referring to Northernlion’s bisexual Morpheus joke