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Well this is a surprise. In an interesting twist, it has just been announced that actress Kristen Wiig has joined the "Masters of the Universe" film cast as the Heroic Mechanical Warrior known as Roboto. Here is the exclusive report from the very reliable The Hollywood Reporter (which was later confirmed by Mattel): "Roboto has found his, or in this case, her voice. The Masters of the Universe character, a mechanical warrior, will be voiced by Kristen Wiig in Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel’s big-budget and big-screen feature, The Hollywood Reporter has learned." In the past, Roboto has been a character that has been…
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My family discussed this and we are split on it. On one hand Kristen is a hilarious comedian that will keep us laughing the whole entire movie but on the other hand we don't like losing Roboto's core traits. I think it his will be one of those wait and see things.
Interesting choice. I don't know her, but I'm going to get the info I need to get a better picture.
Dumb choice. There is no reason to gender swap a role even if a robot. The reactions online have been mixed for this movie. I feel they'd do better not trying to reinvent the wheel. If they insist on finding a comedic role for her because someone working on the film is a fan, she would have worked better as a Dree Elle or new character.
Things you absolutely shouldn't do in 2025 when bringing a franchise back...
'But it's only a robot!'. Then if it isn't important at all why piss off fans? He's also a character who develops, robot or not, and has been male since the 1980s across every iteration. So, again, why change what the fans are expecting?
My best guess is, 'Shit! We've only got two or three female characters!'. Like anybody outside of Hollywood genuinely cares.
@firefly just ignore the dozens of men who voice women and vice versa.
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She might be a better Orko. Who said she would be gender swapping anybody. She's done the voice of male characters I believe
Whatever you think of it this movie needs another red flag about as much as China does... the mere perception of 'woke' is screen poison now, pretending otherwise is foolish.
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That anything that even sniffs of DEI gets immediately called out now because Hollywood handled all that like a wrecking ball previously.
In this movie's case you've got dodgy AF Jared Leto as Skeletor, a black Duncan, an apparently female Roboto, the potential for a chunk of the movie to be set on Earth (the single biggest complaint previously), and a fucking ludicrous cast list they can't ever hope to do justice. The movie really doesn't need the bad press a gender swap immediately brings. Just look at any comment section for this announcement and we haven't even got a snippet of dialogue yet.
It is too early to tell what they are doing with Roboto but since Kristen is an accomplished actor I suspect it will be a substantial roll. While I am not against this at face value I will miss the surrogate brother relationship Roboto has with Teela that was perfected in Masters of the Universe Revelation.
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Why not just do a female Trollan like Dree Elle or a new female robot (Robota?)? There is no need to have her do it. Heck, the three previous male voice actors including Justin Long are still alive. Justin Long is even a known comedic actor. I'd rather a Trollan do the comedy relief in the movie than Roboto, though.She might be a better Orko. Who said she would be gender swapping anybody. She's done the voice of male characters I believe
I'm happy to wait until I see the movie before forming an opinion either way.
God.... I HATE Kristen Wig. She's not funny at all and her voice is incredibly grating. Even if they don't gender swap Roboto (which would be a massive disservice to the character and the relationship he has with Duncan and Teela) I do not, at all want to hear her voice. I don't know why Hollywood is SO obsessed with casting well-known actors for voice roles instead of the many talented, professional voice actors in the industry. Every animated film that casts a well-known Hollywood star in a voice role always ends up terrible. Bowser and Mario from the animated film being chief examples of this. Cast professional voice actors in voice acting roles. Look at how talented someone like John DiMaggio is in his voice work as opposed to someone like Chris Pratt.
I love her and think she can be very funny. Have no clue about her voice work.
Way too early for outrage. Not sure, wait and see I guess. I love Roboto but if they change the character, I’m ok as long as it’s good. Maybe they will change her voice and it’s all traditional 🤷
But, we also already had a kick@$$ Mosquit’ra, so…
Yes these choices may bring out the trolls on social media, (many of which do this to cash in!). And the President lol. But maybe we shouldn’t let those trolls dictate what we do.
Trust in Travis Knight, don’t feed the outrage.