LOS ANGELES — Dropping surprising new hints, actor Jared Leto revealed Wednesday that the main villain in the upcoming Tron: Ares film will be a teenage girl who fabricates stories purely for attention.
“If you thought Clu was terrifying, just wait till you meet Kaylee,” Leto teased. He described Kaylee as a cunning young antagonist determined to ruin Ares’s reputation with made-up claims, no matter the collateral damage to billion-dollar tech projects.
“I play Ares, an advanced AI fighting to clear his name from Kaylee’s relentless stream of lies,” Leto explained. “Everyone assumes Ares is the villain, but that’s only because they buy into Kaylee’s deceitful stories. He’s actually completely innocent! And honestly, most people would agree she looked at least 17.”
Leto concluded by saying that while Tron: Ares unfolds in a digital universe, the plot might hit close to home for older, powerful men everywhere.