Crashing Waves

The Wachowski brothers – Larry and Andy
Photo courtesy of justpressplay.net

I just heard the news today over the radio that Larry Wachowski — the other half of the Wachowski brothers who were behind the success of The Matrix films — has now become a woman. Yup, this came as a shock to me since I’ve always known the Wachowski brothers to be straight males. I never knew theses rumors circling around them, especially about Larry. Well I guess that could be accounted by the fact that the brothers are very private about their personal lives. But apparently, these rumors have been going around since 2003 — right after the Hollywood premier of The Matrix Revolutions where Larry came to the premier looking like a woman with a more pronounced feminine features (I wasn’t able to see photos of this until now).

Larry Wachowski (left) during The Matrix Revolutions premier
Photo courtesy of gothamist.com

According to reports, Larry tended to cross dress and used to date a popular dominatrix (unbelievable, isn’t it?). The news further reported that it is now confirmed that Larry had a sex change and now wants to be called Lana. Up to now, I’m still reeling from this piece of interesting news. I mean, who would have thought that a guy who loves reading manga and watching anime would turn out to become a transsexual? I’ve never known a celebrity who had a sex change before. This is all new to me. But other reports have stated that this is not officially confirmed yet, that Larry has yet to make a public statement about it allegedly scheduled after the coming release of the updated film version of Speed Racer, which is directed by the two brothers.

Personally, my stand on this is that whatever the outcome, it would still not change the fact that I admire the Wachowski brothers for their talent — for their contribution to the science fiction genre. And The Matrix Trilogy would still remain as one of my favorite films.