Redmayne was nevertheless lauded for his performance in “The Danish Girl” and had called it “a great privilege to play” the trailblazing trans artist, IndieWire reported in 2015. Eddie Redmayne played the Danish artist known as Lili Elbe, who became one of the first trans women to undergo gender confirmation surgery.
There must be a leveling, otherwise we are going to carry on having these debates,” he explained. “The bigger discussion about the frustrations around casting is because many people don’t have a chair at the table. I made that film with the best intentions, but I think it was a mistake.” When asked his feelings about the film in hindsight, the 39-year-old British actor told The Sunday Times, “No, I wouldn’t take it on now.
The Tom Hooper-directed film starring Redmayne - as well as Alicia Vikander as the artist’s wife, Gerda Wegener, a role that earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - drew criticism from the LGBTQ community and its allies for not casting a trans actor to play the role. The biopic “The Danish Girl” told the true story of one of the first people in history to have gender reassignment surgery.
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