Los
Angeles: Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has teased that there is a transgender
stingray in her new movie, Finding Dory.
The
highly-anticipated Pixar film follows Dory’s journey as she tries to find her
family, and features the vocal talents of Eugene Levy, Diane Keaton, Dominic
West, Ty Burrell and Idris Elba.
DeGeneres
voices the lead character of Dory, a fish with short-term memory loss who
appeared in the movie’s 2003 prequel Finding
Nemo. Rumors have swirled about the film after the release of the trailer,
which apparently showed a lesbian couple pushing a stroller. DeGeneres, 58, joked that she was unaware of any homosexual
themes within the movie. “I don’t know if it's true, I don’t know if there is,
or if she just has a bad short haircut. Who knows if she’s a lesbian?,” she said
of the rumored gay character. “But actually,
I’ll tell you a little secret. There’s a Sting-Ray that’s becoming
Sting-Rhonda, so there’s a trans-sting in the movie,” she added.
DeGeneres,
who returns to the sequel opposite Finding
Nemo co-star Albert Brooks, says Finding
Dory is much darker than the 2003 prequel. “I
think it is both darker and lighter. It’s more complex and layered, and there’s
more messaging in it. And it’s still obviously a kid’s film, and it’s an animated
Disney Pixar film, but it’s more... I think adults will be equally, if not
more, drawn to this film,” she said. “I love that each of these characters is
flawed, and they’re all going through a little bit of a struggle. And, they use
their disabilities to actually be their strength,” she added.
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