For Drew, the film is deeply personal and practically autobiographical.
As a trans woman, she felt a connection to the actualJokermovie in 2019.
My family system failed me, she toldVariety.
Image: Altered Innocence
I related to that core element of just wanting to make art and put myself out there.
Superheroes are big, grand, bold, colorful archetypes, and people already reflect themselves onto them.
Drew was equally candid about the criticism thats come her way over the last two years.
Thereve been critiquesmainly from well-intentioned alliesasking if its a good time to have a queer villain headline a movie.
As far as shes concerned, shes a villain already, so may as well accept it.
So it was important to me to do that.
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