I hope everyone’s enjoying Pride Weekend out there in the sun. Don’t forget to drink water. Seriously. We’ve all got to do our part in this awful drought, but drink a lot of water.
The Matrix filmmakers, The Wachowski Siblings, were back in our neighborhood shooting for their upcoming Netflix series yesterday. The series includes a diverse cast from all over the world, including a transgender blogger, which may be the connection to Pride. Though from what we see here it looks like they’re highlighting two cisgender women, so maybe not? I’d hope and assume the Wachowski’s would give a trans role to a trans person. (Correction: Jamie Clayton is trans, thanks, Andy. Did some searching and somehow didn’t find that.) They certainly seem to be willing to work with the communities that in which they’re shooting, Mission Local has an article about production collaborating with CAMP to shoot in Clarion Alley.
Cristiano Valli caught some good shots of them at work during Dykes on Bikes.
Andy Wachowski on set.
Jamie Clayton getting direction from Lana Wachowski.
Jamie Clayton and Freema Agyeman taking a selfie in character.
Lana Wachowski in the zone.
Correction: Jamie Clayton is transgender, not cisgender.
They blocked off all the parking on the corners of Valencia and 18th for two days, didn’t realize it was the Matrix “family”..
I can’t understand what young people use as English anymore without a Google look-up. And my son is trans.
Also, Lana Wachowski = psychedelic Raggedy Anne. Just sayin’.
>I can’t understand what young people use as English anymore without a Google look-up.
Get used to it, pops. Just the way it goes.
My crush on Lana Wachowski grows deeper with each passing day.