Culture A Trans Zelda? Hunter Schafer Casting Rumor Sparks Queer Joy Across the Internet - Troon is reportedly being eyed to play Princess Zelda in the live-action ‘LEGEND OF ZELDA’ film

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Call your Kokiri cousins and blow the Ocarina of Time, because the internet just exploded with Triforce-sized hype. In what may go down as one of the most deliciously nerdy casting rumors of the decade, Hunter Schafer the ethereal, otherworldly star of Euphoria, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and the upcoming Blade Runner 2099 series is reportedly being eyed to play Princess Zelda in the long-awaited Legend of Zelda live-action film.
That’s right. The rumored casting was dropped by industry insider Daniel Richtman, and while he’s been a bit of a Gossip Stone in the past (some hits, some misses), this time? Fans are hoping it’s the real deal. The rumor was first spotlighted by Screen Time, and now every enchanted bottle in the fandom is rattling with excitement.

“She Looks Just Like Zelda”: The Tweets That Summoned the Goddesses​

Within minutes of the rumor hitting social media, Twitter turned into Hyrule Town Square. The people did not just react. They transformed into sages of validation.

“She looks just like Zelda that’s actually perfect,” one fan tweeted, probably while clutching their Master Sword in joy.

“I swear to God if they cast a man as princess Zelda I will riot,” another declared, invoking the wrath of Din herself.

“Literally the most perfect candidate but they won’t want her to play Zelda,” lamented a prophet of fan-casting history.

“Please lord almighty I hate the idea of live action Zelda but she would actually save the movie,” one fan admitted with honesty we rarely see on the timeline.

“I do not care what a bunch of phobic assholes have to say, she literally looks like Zelda and would be perfect,” wrote another, defending their queen like a true member of the Sheikah tribe.

“The comments are making me so mad she literally is Zelda. Like she looks exactly like I’d imagine Zelda looking IRL,” someone else echoed, probably shouting it at the Moon.

“If Zelda is played by a trans woman, I will be so, so happy,” said another tweet that’s now being embroidered on tunics across the fandom.

Zelda Movie Is Real, And It’s Already a Cultural Event​

Let’s not forget. Nintendo officially confirmed the Legend of Zelda live-action movie in 2023 in collaboration with Sony Pictures. It is being produced by Avi Arad, the man behind the Spider-Man and Uncharted movies, and it is already facing massive pressure to get casting right.
No official casting announcements have been made yet, but we know that the studio is reportedly seeking a younger actor for Link, with Walker Scobell (of The Adam Project and Percy Jackson) being the type they are circling like a Poe in a graveyard. Meanwhile, Tom Holland’s name remains on everyone’s lips for reasons that defy logic, gravity, and possibly good taste.
But Schafer as Zelda? This is a casting that makes sense both narratively and visually. She’s got the ethereal beauty, the royal poise, and the kind of quiet magical energy that makes you believe she could literally shatter a Moblin with one glance.

Schafer’s Resume Is Already Hyrule-Ready​

Let’s not kid ourselves. Hunter Schafer has range. She’s already brought nuance and mysticism to roles in Euphoria and Hunger Games. And with the Blade Runner universe on her horizon, she’s proving she can handle high-concept genre storytelling with ease.

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[YouGuysAren'tThatSmart]

No it's, the Gerudo only give birth to girls (because that's how genetics work in the Zelda universe, apparently). Once every 100 years a Gerudo woman will birth a male, and that male is entitled to become their leader

They kidnap and/or romance men, and are implied to like throw out male babies until the 100 year mark because of prophecy of leadership. You literally have to rescue the carpenters from them in ocarina of time, the first game they show up in lmao.

Was that explained in the game? I've played through it atleast a dozen times. The first time I played it I was really young so I probably didn't pick up on that. After the first playthrough I would always zone out during unskippable cutscenes and just hold A during comment bubbles.

 

[WonderWino]

It means boners. It means they're masturbating at the idea.

"Predator" was too much.

Furiously dilating might be more appropriate. After all, most of the creeps that would be happy about this have cut their cocks off by now

 

[The Lawgiver]

Was that explained in the game? I've played through it atleast a dozen times. The first time I played it I was really young so I probably didn't pick up on that. After the first playthrough I would always zone out during unskippable cutscenes and just hold A during comment bubbles.

They only got a male leader every 100 years is explained in the game of OOT, yeah. They also got the carpenters hostage which is why you can easily put 2 and 2 together and go "ah so that's how they have the baby".

There's also many years later in botw a male gerudo or a guy that looks like one that's dressed like a woman who gives you the disguise clothes.

 

[Dragged Into Sunlight]

It's amazing how all the filters and makeup and surgery in the world are instantly undone by seeing the abomination move for a few frames. Can't hide bone structure.

I watched a bit of that Cuckoo movie with him and it's really funny how obviously male he is when moving and not ridiculously madeup. He moves like a gangly teenaged boy. The only thing female about him in that movie is his name.

 

[YouGuysAren'tThatSmart]

They also got the carpenters hostage which is why you can easily put 2 and 2 together and go "ah so that's how they have the baby".

Bruh I was like 7 or 8. Forced impregnation flew right over my head. Lol. Thank you for informing me though, I do appreciate.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Bruh I was like 7 or 8. Forced impregnation flew right over my head. Lol. Thank you for informing me though, I do appreciate.

Nigga i was a kid and i knew they were getting busy with each other lmao.

 

[Whoopsie Daisy]

Even putting aside the fact he has a DICK, I think his hilariously MASSIVE fake titties could hurt his chances of getting the role.

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I know those tits are fake but they don't look real, as in the skin doesn't match. My brain doesn't go "nice tits" it goes "the fuck is going on? Something wrong".

i wonder how many hollywood celebs have fucked him on the DL.

 

[Would]

That man would've been a good Link circa Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess if he had a bit more muscle.
Shame he's mentally ill.

 

[SITHRAK!]

the leaker who said this has a long track record of being wrong

I’ve watched this shit being posted and reposted on /tv/ for months, mostly because there’s one closeted gigantic faggot who keeps a 24/7 thirstpost up for Mr. Schaefer at all times.

This AIslop article is an attempt to make it happen by planting the seed into the internet rumor mill and then having it signal boosted by terminally online troons and parrothair faggots.

Same thing happened with Idris ‘can’t act for shit’ Elba who was TOTES “going to be the next James Bond, I swear guise!”

With that, though, if you’re a grown adult and you’re getting squirrelly about casting for a fucking Nintendo movie, you probably need to sit down and have a big think about where your life’s gone wrong.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

A Fox in Space is better than any potential Zelda movie.

 

[Dr J]

TP link is the son of OOT/majora's mask link.

TP Link is descended from Ocarina Link, he's not his son. TP is set like 150 years after Ocarina

It's implied he like died in a battle or something before he could pass on his skills (that regret is directly stated, not the cause of death) and by helping you he eventually is able to move on. shit's cool.

The regret is that nobody remembered him as the hero because he went back in time to live out his childhood

The theory about him being just child majoras mask link turned into a stalfos because he got lost int he lost woods is fucking retarded though, he grew up there he's not gonna get lost.

The reason Kokiri don't turn into Stalfos when they go through the Lost Woods is because they have a fairy to guide them. Hero of Time, post Ocarina and post Majora's Mask, had no fairy

Link fucks, but we don't know who he fucked

Twilight Princess Link is a ranch hand, so this would suggest Malon is Hero of Time's wife. Twilight Princess Link also knows Epona's Song

They also got the carpenters hostage which is why you can easily put 2 and 2 together and go "ah so that's how they have the baby".

I think the game even explicitly states A) Gerudo come to Hyrule Castle Town at night, looking for men and B) the carpenters heard 'Community of hot women' and that's how they got themselves taken prisoner

 

[deleuzeon]

You didn't? I mean they even went as far as to change the eye color of Sheik.

It got me for sure. They wisely changed the bone structure to throw us off as well.

 

[Dr J]

You didn't? I mean they even went as far as to change the eye color of Sheik.

It got me for sure. They wisely changed the bone structure to throw us off as well.

I think Nintendo's position, from Smash Bros Melee onwards, is that Sheik is a woman. They even gave her more womanly hips.

 

[The Lawgiver]

The reason Kokiri don't turn into Stalfos when they go through the Lost Woods is because they have a fairy to guide them. Hero of Time, post Ocarina and post Majora's Mask, had no fairy

That clickbait theory is retarded. it's not about the fairy, it's about not fucking knowing the area. link wouldn't be able to have a fucking kid if he was a fucking rattle me bones and majora's mask wouldnt happen if the fairy thing was what caused the stalfos thing because it literally hinges on him and the happy mask salesman ending up in termina after skull kid mugs both of them and link chases him into the tree tunnel.

I think Nintendo's position, from Smash Bros Melee onwards, is that Sheik is a woman. They even gave her more womanly hips.

Sheik is literally just zelda in disguise and has womanly hips and breasts even in the n64 game lmao. They do make it more obvious in later shit after OOT because it's fucking supposed to be a reveal thing in that game and a callback thing in every other game.

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Fucker looks like this
and sounds like this

 

[Cnut]

The disguise is magic and involved growing a penis. Though that might "spark trans joy" in some of you, it's just a video game, and she went back to normal at the end. Kind of like how Ozma was Tip in the second Oz book.

 

[YouGuysAren'tThatSmart]

Nigga i was a kid and i knew they were getting busy with each other lmao.

Nigga i was a kid and i knew they were getting busy with each other lmao.

Fine, I'm retarded. Ya happy, the truth is now out there. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Fine, I'm retarded. Ya happy, the truth is now out there. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

At least you aren't retarded enough to think they got dicks. That makes you like 80% less retarded compared to those people.

 

[Dr J]

That clickbait theory is retarded. it's not about the fairy, it's about not fucking knowing the area.

Yes, gameplay wise it's about knowing the area. But (and I think this is actually stated somewhere in the game) in-universe it's because regular people don't have fairies to guide them that they get lost in the Lost Woods

link wouldn't be able to have a fucking kid if he was a fucking rattle me bones

He could have procreated and then become a rattle me bones

majora's mask wouldnt happen if the fairy thing was what caused the stalfos thing because it literally hinges on him and the happy mask salesman ending up in termina after skull kid mugs both of them and link chases him into the tree tunnel.

Children turn into Skull Kids. Adults turn into Stalfos. If Hero of Time Link turned into a Stalfos, it obviously happened later

Sheik is literally just zelda in disguise and has womanly hips and breasts even in the n64 game lmao.

She does not have breasts in the N64 game.

I think Sheik's referred to in-game as a 'young man' and 'him' by Princess Ruto. But that's the English version. I don't know what was said in the Japanese version

 

[Nick Gars]

Do you really want that? Do you really want a movie where Ness is Jack Black, Paula is Zendaya, Jeff is Kevin Hart, and Poo is Idris Elba? Do you want a movie where Giygas takes human form and is played by Timothy Chawhatever and throws temper tantrums constantly? Do you want a movie where Saturn Village is full of CGI monsters who make references to modern pop culture in Gen Alpha slang?

Because that's what you'd get.

Idk man. I like Undertale and all (only the gameplay and music to be completely fair), but damn near everything else I've seen from people who worship Mother and use it as "inspiration" has been the most cancerous shit held up by some of the most insufferable faggots to ever exist. Heartbound is a great more recent example of this.
If the game was really just that good, it would be one thing, but it isn't. Its a pretty basic bitch turn-based RPG in a modern setting with some "le quirky" dialouge. Thats it.

That being said, please, make the Earthbound movie and do exactly this, Nintendo. If it results in at least one suicide, that will be enough for me.


LoZ was always for fart huffing faggot manchildren and fake gamer girls, so including a tranny as the main "female" lead is all too fitting for this overblown franchise.

 

[sneedem&feedem]

It's more than likely this rumor has been spread by the troon's PR firm to try and spark interest.

https://thatparkplace.com/hunter-schafer-zelda-casting/?fsp_sid=223