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Eddie Redmayne Says He Would Not Star in ‘The Danish Girl’ Today: ‘I Think It Was a Mistake’



 Eddie Redmayne Says He Would Not Star in 'The Danish Girl' Today: 'I Think It Was a Mistake' 

"Many individuals don't have a seat at the table," Redmayne said about the issue with the projecting system. 

Eddie Redmayne let The Sunday Times know that he would not star in "The Danish Girl" if the period show was made today. The film, coordinated by Tom Hooper and co-featuring Alicia Vikander, featured Redmayne as painter Lili Elbe, a transsexual lady who was one of the early beneficiaries of sex reassignment medical procedure. Redmayne's presentation acquired him an Oscar selection for Best Actor. In spite of the honors consideration, Redmayne's giving drew analysis a role as the film didn't give a trans entertainer a role as Elbe. 

"No, I wouldn't take it on now," Redmayne said. "I made that film with the best aims, yet I think it was a misstep… The greater conversation about the dissatisfactions around projecting is on the grounds that many individuals don't have a seat at the table. There should be an evening out, any other way we will continue having these discussions." 

Vikander, whose presentation in "The Danish Girl" won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, let Insider in August know that she comprehended the reactions against the film over Redmayne's projecting. She called the backfire "a learning experience," in spite of the fact that she kept up with that "Eddie worked effectively in the job." 

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"I absolutely comprehend the analysis that has been out there, on the grounds that we really want to make change and we want to ensure that trans people really get a foot in and get work," Vikander said. "My main concern is that we might have to arrive at a point in the end where we have trans ladies and men playing cis characters. Since that is the central concern, you know?" 

Redmayne himself tended to the contention before the film's 2015 dramatic delivery in a meeting with IndieWire, saying, "It's an unquestionably significant conversation. Furthermore, I believe it's likewise illustrative of a great deal of oppression trans individuals in the work place for the most part. I think there has been long stretches of cisgender accomplishment on the rear of trans stories… Many trans individuals dealt with the film… one trans entertainer Rebecca Root plays a cisgender nurture in the film." 

"As far as I might be concerned, I trust there's a day when there are more trans entertainers and trans entertainers playing trans parts, yet in addition cisgender parts," Redmayne added. "Also, I trust — as an entertainer one expectations — that one ought to have the option to have any kind of impact if one plays it with a feeling of respectability and obligation." 

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THIS ARTICLE IS RELATED TO: Film and labeled Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

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