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Eddie Redmayne credits transgender community’s help for The Danish Girl
Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne said transgender people help him prepare for his role as trans pioneer Lili Elbe in ‘The Danish Girl’ that premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival.
‘Across the board the generosity of people was amazing,’ Redmayne said at a press conference launching the film about Danish painter Einar Wegener, one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
He has consulted people of all ages from the transgender community, saying it was ‘the most brilliant education… Their kindness and support galvanized me.’
In particular, a couple in Los Angeles, in which the wife stayed with her husband while he transitioned to a woman, as well as Elbe’s diaries and the book based on Elbe’s life, had helped his portrayal, which has won rave reviews among critics.
‘I don’t know if I succeeded but what I learned in that process was quite incredible,’ said Redmayne who was named the Oscar for best actor this year for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in ‘The Theory of Everything’.
Director Tom Hooper once again defended his choice of Redmayne to play Elbe – calling the actor his ‘instinctive choice’ – amid criticism that he did not use enough trans actors and actresses in the film.
But Hopper, who also made The King’s Speech, admitted: ‘There is a problem in the industry. The access of transgender actors to roles is utterly key. I would champion any shift where the industry would move forward.’
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Derek Yiu
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