Jared Leto Hints at Surprise Teen Girl Villain in ‘Tron: Ares’—But What Is She Really Hiding?

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mashed up “Tron,” a cyberpunk fever dream, with the kind of plot twist only a 90s tabloid could love? Well, apparently Jared Leto has. Staring right into the camera with the wattage of someone who’s both setting world records in method acting and also maybe—just maybe—writing his own court defense, Leto’s latest brainwave is a bizarro villain: a teenage girl who, as he claims, lies for attention . Sometimes I can’t figure out if Hollywood’s trolling us or taking notes from their own scandals. But if watching an AI played by Leto race against the clock to clear his “good” name from the clutches of a vindictive TikTok teen doesn’t tease your sense of the absurd, then, wow, you’ve probably been living in the grid too long . Is Clu out? Is Kaylee in? Would you trust Leto with your digital soul or should you just log off now and spare yourself the existential crisis? No shame if you’re already thinking, “Didn’t we all look at least 17 at the time… of our last browser crash?” For the bold, the bemused, and those curious enough to peek beneath the neon veneer, the onion gets peeled right here: LEARN MORE

LOS ANGELES—Revealing new details about the highly anticipated film, actor and producer Jared Leto teased Wednesday that the villain in Tron: Ares would be a teenage girl who lies for attention. “If you thought Clu was scary in the last film, just wait until you meet Kaylee,” said Leto, who shared that the antagonist would stop at nothing to destroy his character’s career with her false allegations, no matter the repercussions they might have for multimillion-dollar projects. “I play Ares, an AI being in a race against time to save his reputation from a malevolent and vindictive teenager. Many of the characters in the film assume that Ares is the evil one, but it’s only because they’ve fallen for Kaylee’s twisted lies. Ares is innocent! Plus, pretty much everyone can agree she looked at least 17 at the time.” Leto added that even though the movie took place in a sci-fi world, he thought its story would be relatable to many powerful men his age.