‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ cast on the importance of celebrating LGBTQ representation
The New York Comic Con panel for Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power reboot gave fans an in-depth look at what the show had to offer, including multiple clips from the show’s first episode. But even with its fantasy setting, the show is still trying to reflect reality in a way that’s revolutionary for animation.
During the panel, Aimee Carrero—the voice of Adora, who in the show discovers the sword that transforms her into She-Ra—accidentally let slip that Bow, an archer who befriends Adora, has two dads. Carrero later explained that she wasn’t thinking about it in terms of a spoiler or a big reveal when she said it.
“It was so funny because I wasn’t even thinking about it,” Carrero told reporters during a roundtable interview after the panel. “It wasn’t like, ‘News!’ In my ...