Gender-swapping in Hollywood is a trait that tends to get a bad rep, and one need only look at some of the extreme, borderline asinine reactions to the Ghostbusters redo earlier this year for an example of a vitriolic backlash. Paul Feig’s reboot wasn’t without its faults, of course, but immediately writing off a feature purely because it subverts the gender of its leading role(s) is nothing short of ignorance.
Think of the upcoming Road House reboot with Ufc champ Ronda Rousey, or Ron Howard’s Splash, which actually places Channing Tatum in the role of the mermaid opposite Jillian Bell. It makes for an interesting approach to a pre-existing formula, and one that often allays fears that the reboot in question is simply rehashing what came before for a modern audience.
Syfy’s Van Helsing series is one such example of a project that took its lead role – in this case,...
Think of the upcoming Road House reboot with Ufc champ Ronda Rousey, or Ron Howard’s Splash, which actually places Channing Tatum in the role of the mermaid opposite Jillian Bell. It makes for an interesting approach to a pre-existing formula, and one that often allays fears that the reboot in question is simply rehashing what came before for a modern audience.
Syfy’s Van Helsing series is one such example of a project that took its lead role – in this case,...
- 10/14/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
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