Netflix The Innocents: A look at 10 iconic shapeshifters in films and TV
Adolescence was the time when you realized that Santa Claus isn't real and as disheartening as the realization was, here's Netflix bringing you a show on August 24, where the story of two adolescents draw curtains to tell you that shapeshifting isn't cool, it isn't a superpower at all. 'The Innocents' follows two high-schoolers, Harry (Percelle Ascott) and June (Sorcha Groundsell), who run away from their overprotective families to start a new life together. While it's all fun and games in the beginning, June discovers that she has the power to shapeshift. But here's the catch, shapeshifting isn't quite as useful as X-Men's Mystique, instead it's a painful and traumatic experience for June that starts her on a journey into a dark hunt for her identity and where she comes from.
June, when she shapeshifts, turns into a bearded Norwegian man; more depressing than 'Sky High' Maj's transformation into a guinea pig. According to the creators at Netflix, this was done so to add creepiness into the series while still rooting the characters emotionally in their relationship. The producers revealed that they looked to the Norse mythology of the Berserkers, the warriors who would transform into wild animals in the heat of battle, for the inspiration of this twisted coming-of-age story.