The producer for a reboot of much-loved series Xena: Warrior Princess says the character will be openly gay in the new series.
Played by Lucy Lawless in the '90s, the character's sexuality was always implied but never addressed directly.
But executive producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach reportedly wrote a Tumblr statement saying the show could now be more open about the issue.
"There is no reason to bring back Xena if it is not there for the purpose of fully exploring a relationship that could only be shown subtextually in first-run syndication in the 1990s," The Independent reported Grillo-Marxuach as saying.
"It will also express my view of the world-which is only further informed by what is happening right now - and is not too difficult to know what that is if you do some digging."