Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto explains how the Reyes family doesn't need a superhero to save them and how, in the end, they end up doing the saving.
didn't exactly reinvent the superhero wheel in many ways, but one thing that it did very differently was the Reyes family in general. We have knownthat Jaime wouldn't be sneaking around his family home trying to keep the Scarab and everything that was going on a secret. They are all there from the moment the Scarab first chooses Jaime, and they are a key part of his journey throughout the entire film.
"There was a time where we wanted to explore an ending where everything is blowing up, and the Bug ship is going out, the Bug ship can't make it, and Jaime gives the extra push and saves the family," said Soto."But we felt like we've seen that before, and for me, I really wanted all the females in the story, all the women in Jaime's life, to have a heroic arc. I wanted Jaime, on his journey, not to feel like,"This is me saving my family from death.
© 2023 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC. Photo Credit: Hopper Stone/SMPSP/™ & © DC Comics. ELPIDIA CARRILLO as Rocio, GEORGE LOPEZ as Uncle Rudy, XOLO MARIDUEÑA as Jaime Reyes, BELISSA ESCOBEDO as Milagro, and DAMIAN ALCAZAR as Alberto in Warner Bros. Pictures' action adventure"BLUE BEETLE," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Usually, in superhero movies, a love interest or a family member is held ransom, and the hero needs to come in and save them. For the record, there is nothing wrong with that. It's a trope for a reason and has existed for as long as superhero comics have existed. However, Soto didn't want to do that; he didn't just want the Reyes family to save themselves. He wanted the Reyes family to save Jaime and be the catalyst for him becoming the Blue Beetle.
"I really wanted the whole thing to feel like the family is saving Jaime so he can become the hero he's supposed to become. And yes, Jenny has her moment with Victoria, but with Jaime, we wanted her to be the last hand and the push that pushes in, and the mom goes out.
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