CharlotteC0129
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There's the obvious:Ripley in the Alien franchise, but that was recast before filming, so there were no viewer expectations of a different gender.
Starbuck in the Battlestar: Galactica remake? I remember hearing that and thinking a very long-winded rant that boiled down to, "wtf?" And I'm a woman. But she was a pretty phenomenal character. (My husband added that when Starbuck was recast as a woman, since she pulled off the role, it was a two-fer for a guy: he wanted to do what she did--be that hero--but he also wanted to, uh, "do" her. I hadn't thought about it that way before, but it seemed like another "plus" of recasting old-time male heroes as women.)
Starbuck in the Battlestar: Galactica remake? I remember hearing that and thinking a very long-winded rant that boiled down to, "wtf?" And I'm a woman. But she was a pretty phenomenal character. (My husband added that when Starbuck was recast as a woman, since she pulled off the role, it was a two-fer for a guy: he wanted to do what she did--be that hero--but he also wanted to, uh, "do" her. I hadn't thought about it that way before, but it seemed like another "plus" of recasting old-time male heroes as women.)