The Academy Award-winning actor agrees that Danish painter Lili Elbe, one of the early recipients of sex reassignment surgery, should have been portrayed by a trans actress.
British actor Eddie Redmayne says playing a trans character in 2015 film danish girl There was a mistake.
Redmayne, who played the role of transgender artist Lily Elbe in the film, said that if she had been given the job now, she would not have done it. The role earned him a Best Actor nomination.
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However, there has been some controversy surrounding Redmayne’s casting in the film as critics believed that the role should have been portrayed by a trans actress. And theory of everything Star agrees.
“No, I won’t take it now. I made that movie with the best of intentions, but I think it was a mistake… The big talk about casting disappointment is that a lot of people have tables. But there is no chair. There has to be a leveling, otherwise we are going to continue with these debates,” said the actor. Sunday Times Asked if he would reprise the role if he was offered it now.
The actor had earlier said the same thing in a 2018 video as well. GQ Called ‘Eddie Redmayne Breaks Down His Most Iconic Character’. “Right before our movie came out, Caitlyn Jenner was on the cover of Vanity Fair and Laverne Cox was on the cover of Time magazine, so we thought it was time for trans people to tell their stories. There was a certain amount of backlash that was happening. I felt it, which I agreed with.”
Oscar winning actor currently. starring in a new production of cabaret At the Playhouse Theatre, London.
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