Eddie Redmayne…whose Oscar winning performance in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING was so utterly affecting, mesmerizing, and spot-on…and whose appearance in JUPITER ASCENDING was so distractingly sleepy and dully bizarre…will soon appear in THE DANISH GIRL.
...he plays transgender pioneer Einar Wegener – later known as Lili Elbe – in The Danish Girl.
The movie, set in the 1920s, is a love story about how Wegener, a painter, was persuaded by his wife Gerda Waud (played by Alicia Vikander) – who was also an artist – to pose for her in women’s clothes after one of her models failed to show. In time, he became Lili and started on the transformation into a woman
…says THIS piece over at the Daily Mail.
Here's a look at Redmayne as 'Lili'...
...and a comparison image of the real Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe...
Directed by Tom Hooper (THE KING’S SPEECH, 2012’s LES MISERABLES) and scripted by Lucinda Coxon, and based on a novel by David Ebershoff, THE DANISH GIRL will release in 2016.
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Glen Oliver
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