![]() ![]() But on the diversity front, Lachman thinks "Altered Carbon" is superior. "In a world of dragons and zombies and all sorts of crazy creatures, there are still no Asians."Īs a bleak dystopia, "Altered Carbon" cops flak for being a lesser " Blade Runner". Lachman points to " Game of Thrones" as an example of a series where she's more concerned about the racial politics. The show features Japanese characters like Kovacs and Rei, as well as Ortega, from Mexico, who has several scenes in Spanish with her mother. Lachman grew up in Adelaide, Australia, with parents of German and Tibetan descent. There's so much representation on this show, more than anything I've ever seen." "First of all," Lachman says, "it's staying true to the book. Kovacs, a Japanese man, is put into a white male body. ![]() "Altered Carbon" has faced questions over its white-washing of main character Takeshi Kovacs, played by Joel Kinnaman (right).ĭespite that idea, the show has faced some criticism over white-washing. "Rei is so powerful and unapologetic about who she is," Lachman explains. Especially upon learning it would be directed by a woman and all men had to leave the room. You can be anybody or anything."Īfter reading the scene and talking to the producers, she felt reassured. "Not only does it underline in this world bodies are just sleeves, there's not a lot of self-consciousness. ![]() Since release last week, the show has faced questions over why there's so much nudity. "Of course when I heard about it I was terrified. "It hasn't been done before," Lachman tells me in our cramped corner of the busy Westin Hotel lobby in Sydney. On top of all that, they had to be proficient with a sword. Then the producers had to find eight girls who looked like Lachman, both physically and in skin tone. First of all, Lachman had to agree to do it. Rei's naked sword fight presented a logistical challenge. That's something that happens a lot over the course of the murder-mystery plot. It can be surgically inserted into another body, or "sleeve", when their previous body gets turned into a holey red mess in a gunfight. Everyone has a device that stores their consciousness, called a "stack", installed in the back of their neck. Lachman plays Rei, sister to main character Takeshi Kovacs (played first by Will Yun Lee, then Joel Kinnaman - read on for how that works) in the dystopian future of 2384, where people can cheat death. At $6 million to $7 million per episode (there are 10) it's almost as pricey as the Will Smith-led " Bright", the sci-fi and fantasy film that cost $90 million. That scene is from the new Netflix series " Altered Carbon", the latest sci-fi blockbuster from Netflix's big spending spree. She lifts her TV sword and kicks off what will become a memorable (and controversial) fight scene.ĭichen Lachman at Netflix's "Altered Carbon" season 1 premiere in Los Angeles. Beside the merkin covering her private parts, she is naked. Eight women stand naked around actress Dichen Lachman in an eerie dark-blue set covered in shards of silicon glass. ![]()
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