Los Angeles, en.SERU.co.id — Hannah McMechan, one of the screenwriters of the Netflix K-Pop animated film Demon Hunters (2025), revealed that she realized and came out as bisexual during the writing process. This admission was made in an exclusive interview with People magazine published on Sunday (14/6/2026).
The 30-year-old screenwriter shared that she had no idea about her queer identity when she joined the film in 2020.
“When I started the project, I had no idea that I was queer,” McMechan said.
Like many people during the pandemic, she spent time reflecting on her life. Over the following years, she came out first to friends and then to her parents in 2023. Growing up in a religious household in Oakhurst, California, made the process difficult.
“I was so afraid of telling anyone in my life, which ironically is very accurate to the movie. I was having this journey with my sexuality and not wanting to tell anyone and feeling ashamed of it,” she told People.
The film follows a K-pop group called Huntrix who secretly hunt demons. Its lead character, Rumi, struggles to hide the fact that she is half-demon, fearing rejection from those closest to her. McMechan found that Rumi’s story began to mirror her own experiences more closely as she worked on the script. Scenes involving Rumi’s confrontation with her aunt, in particular, hit close to home.
Although the writers didn’t set out to create a queer allegory, McMechan said her personal journey inevitably shaped the material. She kept her own coming-out process private during production, but the story took on deeper meaning for her with each revision.
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The film has resonated strongly with LGBTQ+ audiences, many of whom see Rumi’s internal conflict and search for acceptance as relatable, even without any explicitly queer characters. McMechan welcomed that connection.
“It’s so cool. There’s no group of people happier than a bunch of queer people dressed up as these girls,” she said.
McMechan co-wrote the film with Danya Jimenez. The pair are now developing other projects, including a remake of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman with Tim Burton and a queer western they hope will be directed by Lily Wachowski.
*(Sources: Kirsten Acuna, “KPop Demon Hunters Writer Hannah McMechan Came Out as Bisexual While Making the Netflix Hit,” People, Coverage in Them.us and PinkNews, which drew from the same People interview)
