In cases like these, it might be the case that the "too many cooks" scenario comes into play- the actors, producers, directors and writers have different visions for how the character should be played, and all the visions are put into a blender and mixed, rather than reflecting a unified vision. I can imagine, for example, the screenwriter of the first draft might have written the character as a badass originally, and the writers of subsequent drafts, if called for, would have relied on the passive tropes mostly just to get the job done and not contacted the first screenwriter for their input at all. Hence the confusion.
In cases like these, it might be the case that the "too many cooks" scenario comes into play- the actors, producers, directors and writers have different visions for how the character should be played, and all the visions are put into a blender and mixed, rather than reflecting a unified vision. I can imagine, for example, the screenwriter of the first draft might have written the character as a badass originally, and the writers of subsequent drafts, if called for, would have relied on the passive tropes mostly just to get the job done and not contacted the first screenwriter for their input at all. Hence the confusion.