M.J. Bassett on 'Red Sonja' and Transformation as Representation

Writer/director MJ Bassett's latest film, Red Sonja (justwatch.com/us/movie/red-sonja) continues her run as a writer/director of intense and action-packed projects -- she's also directed FUBAR, Reacher, Deathwatch, Rogue (2020) and more. But when it comes to seeing herself on screen, MJ's life has two distinct chapters: before and after coming out as a trans woman in her 40s. MJ shares the small ways she's felt seen (and not always comfortably) by all kinds of on-screen transformations and characters dealing with the aftermath of transformation: werewolf movies, Man on High Heels (justwatch.com/us/movie/man-on-high-heels), Monica (justwatch.com/us/movie/monica-2022), Space: 1999 (youtube.com/watch?v=tq5peUqr0CQ&t=2420s), Fight Club (justwatch.com/us/movie/fight-club), and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (justwatch.com/us/movie/dr-jekyll-and-sister-hyde).
Then, Jordan has one quick thing about the news that, before his passing, Terence Stamp recorded a reprisal of his role (deadline.com/2025/09/terence-stamp-pre-shot-pr…), Bernadette, in the forthcoming Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2.

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