Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has said that playing a trans character in “The Danish Girl” was a “mistake.”Based on true events, Redmayne played one of the first people in the world who underwent gender reassignment surgery in the Tom Hooper-directed film.Redmayne, who won a best actor Oscar in 2015 for playing disabled scientist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” earned an Oscar nomination in the same category a year later for “The Danish Girl.” There were demands at the time for the character to be played by a trans actor.“No, I wouldn’t take it on now.
I made that film with the best intentions, but I think it was a mistake,” Redmayne told The Sunday Times.“The bigger discussion about the frustrations around casting is because many people don’t have a chair at the table.
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