So Scott and I talked about it during our recording session and he was like “You both were perfect but it feels weird that-”
And I stopped him and said the same thing I always say:
DID! WE! AUDITION! FOR! THAT! ROLE!
If the answer is yes, we’re more than happy to play the role. It’s a role. It’s a character. It’s not us and does not reflect on us as people or as trans women.
Scott was awesome about it, was super cool to work with, and very kind and considerate throughout the whole process.
THAT SAID! I do think everyone, fans especially, kinda needs to get over these hang ups because it’s that kinda thinking that lead trans women to not get cast in most things. And if the fans say it the people in charge feel that they can use that as an excuse to just not include us in general because it’s “easier than dealing with trans women.”
I, personally, fucking love voicing villains or evil characters because they get to be far more grandiose, theatric and often have the best dialogue in the entire project.
If I only ever played villain roles for the rest of my entire life I’d be pleased as punch.
So I think fans, over all, need to kinda realize that if a trans woman auditions for something and gets the role there should be nothing but celebration and never shutting up about how cool it is that there’s a trans woman (Or in this case MULTIPLE TRANS WOMEN) cast in something.
Fandom spaces have to, and I mean this fully, get off their asses and SCREAM FROM THE ROOFTOPS any time a trans woman gets cast in anything when it comes to voice over.
I had this same thing happen when Sena and I got cast in Unicorn Overlord. Because folks were like “Happy to see two trans women in this… but you’re both playing men. That sucks.”
Sena and I fucking LOVED being in Unicorn Overlord and we’ve both waxed poetic about how AWESOME it was that they let us flex our range and play as much as they did in the booth for that project.
If fandom spaces keep saying “:< I can’t believe you cast a trans woman in a role that the trans woman actress auditioned for” and harass the casting directors, producers, creators over this shit trans women aren’t going to get cast in fucking anything.