The Danish Girl

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The Danish Girl is a historical drama, based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, directed by Tom Hooper (Les Misérables, The King’s Speech). It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and played at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations program. The film stars Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, and Amber Heard.

The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, directed by Academy Award winner Tom Hooper. Lili and Gerda’s marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili’s groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

In an interview with Slate, Hooper says he always thought Eddie Redmayne would be perfect for the role of Lili Elbe. “I must admit I thought about Eddie Redmayne the very first time I read the script, and this was back in 2008. I’d worked with him once before in Elizabeth I, the miniseries, and I think, you know I always have felt there was a femininity in Eddie or in his features, and I’d remarked on the fact that he’d been drawn to the feminine—he played the girl’s parts in school plays, he played Viola in Mark Rylance’s Twelfth Night, so he was a young actor who had a body of work from which he could draw. Gender is on a spectrum and I just felt that he sat on an interesting place on that spectrum. ”

The Danish Girl is rated 14A.