Disney’s Pixar division had introduced its first ever non-binary character – Lake Ripple – in the studio’s latest feature release, Elemental.
In a heart-warming tale of love, duty, family and finding that we have more in common than that which sets us apart, Elemental is set in a city inhabited by water, fire, air and land residents. A “fiery” young woman, Ember, and a more “go-with-the-flow” guy, Wade, “discover something elemental” during the course of the film, according to the official Disney synopsis.
Voice actor Ava Hauser plays Lake Ripple, the historic first non-binary character from the renowned animation studio. Directed by Peter Sohn and starring Mamoudou Athie (Black Box) as Wade and Leah Lewis (The Half of It) as Ember, the computer-animated comedy-drama is the 27th feature film from by Pixar Animation Studios. It draws on themes of xenophobia and migration, and how love transcends differences. Hauser’s character Lake is Wade’s younger sibling, and although they aren’t a major protagonist in the story, their presence is a major win for non-binary representation.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT I got to play Pixar's first nonbinary character! Meet Lake!
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Disney has taken major strides in terms of diverse representation in recent years, with a same-sex kiss between Lightyear‘s Kiko and Hawthorne in the 2022 sci-fi adventure film, and the studio’s first-ever Black protagonist in 2020’s fantasy jazz-inspired Soul, voiced by Jamie Foxx.
Elemental is also the first non-franchise Pixar original feature to be released in theatres rather than straight to Disney+ since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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