10 Heroes Who Got More Interesting After Being Gender-Swapped

Science fable and fantasy are full of heroic characters who go into unmapped realms . And some of the most memorable character started out as the paired gender , before getting change in production or in a remaking . Here are 10 famous characters who draw more interesting after they had their genders flipped .

1) Ripley in the Alien movies: The character was written as a man, but they cast Sigourney Weaver, who added so much. The dynamics in Alien are way more interesting this way.

2) Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica: Dirk Benedict’s baby-faced version was fun, but Katee Sackhoff brought more swagger and more layers.

3) M in the James Bond films: Judi Dench is just such a great actor, she pretty much runs away with Skyfall. Her relationship with Bond just gets way more fascinating.

4) H.G. Wells in Warehouse 13: Lots of shows and movies havefeaturedfictionalized H.G. Wellses, but Jaime Murray’s swashbuckling version pretty much owns the character at this point. This is how we picture the real-life author now.

5) Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: George Lucas’ early script drafts, where Han Solo was a lizard man, also featured a female Luke. Hard to picture the Luke-Han banter.

6) The Angel Gabriel in Constantine: Tilda Swinton basically brings all of her Bowie-esque ethereal mystery to this role, and it’s amazing. See the whole thinghere.

7) Robin in The Dark Knight Returns: Batman’s sidekick was reinvented and revitalized when Carrie became Robin. We were hoping for a repeat with Stephanie Brown. Sigh.

8) The Question in 52: Vic Sage was a cool enigmatic hero who helped inspire Watchmen’s Rorschach. But Renee Montoya just brought more personality and history to this identity.

9) Prospera in The Tempest: We were not crazy about Julie Taymor’s Tempest in general, but casting Helen Mirren was a stroke of genius. She brought real, actual magic to that role.

10) The Vision in Ultimate Vision: Instead of being another one of Hank Pym’s robots, the Ultimate version of the Vision is a female robot from space, come to warn us about Gah Lak Tus.

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1) Ripley in the Alien movies: The character was written as a man, but they cast Sigourney Weaver, who added so much. The dynamics in Alien are way more interesting this way.#

2) Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica: Dirk Benedict’s baby-faced version was fun, but Katee Sackhoff brought more swagger and more layers.#

3) M in the James Bond films: Judi Dench is just such a great actor, she pretty much runs away with Skyfall. Her relationship with Bond just gets way more fascinating.#

4) H.G. Wells in Warehouse 13: Lots of shows and movies havefeaturedfictionalized H.G. Wellses, but Jaime Murray’s swashbuckling version pretty much owns the character at this point. This is how we picture the real-life author now.#

5) Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: George Lucas’ early script drafts, where Han Solo was a lizard man, also featured a female Luke. Hard to picture the Luke-Han banter.#

6) The Angel Gabriel in Constantine: Tilda Swinton basically brings all of her Bowie-esque ethereal mystery to this role, and it’s amazing. See the whole thinghere.#

7) Robin in The Dark Knight Returns: Batman’s sidekick was reinvented and revitalized when Carrie became Robin. We were hoping for a repeat with Stephanie Brown. Sigh.#

8) The Question in 52: Vic Sage was a cool enigmatic hero who helped inspire Watchmen’s Rorschach. But Renee Montoya just brought more personality and history to this identity.#

9) Prospera in The Tempest: We were not crazy about Julie Taymor’s Tempest in general, but casting Helen Mirren was a stroke of genius. She brought real, actual magic to that role.#

10) The Vision in Ultimate Vision: Instead of being another one of Hank Pym’s robots, the Ultimate version of the Vision is a female robot from space, come to warn us about Gah Lak Tus.#

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