Because of his role as a transgender role in the 2015 film "Danish Girl", British actor "Little Freckles" Eddie Redmeni has been in the controversy of related topics.
At the time, there were critics who believed that the role should be played by a transgender actor, and his performance was "stereotypical".
After many years of talking about this matter, Redmayne said in an interview published by the British "Times" on the 21st that starring in the film was "a mistake" and that he would not take the role again now. The reason is that there were a lot of people (sexual minorities) who didn't have the opportunity to participate in casting, and now it's time to be equal.
Eddie Redmayne is a British actor who graduated from Cambridge University. His representative works include "The Theory of Everything", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", "Danish Girl", "Les Misérables" and so on.
For playing Hawking in his youth in The Theory of Everything, he won the Best Actor Award at the 87th Academy Awards in 2014. At the same time, the film also won the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and the 68th British Academy Film Awards.
In 2015, the film Danish Girl, directed by Tom Hopper, was released. The film is based on the novel of the same name by American writer David Ebershoff.
The story is based on real events from the 1920s and tells the story of the protagonist, Aina Wegener (later renamed Lily Elby, played by Redmeni), who undergoes sex reassignment surgery with the encouragement of his wife, Gerda Wegener.
Redmayne was also nominated for the 88th Academy Award for Best Actor in 2015 for this role.
However, the film was left on the cusp from the very beginning of its screening.
The British "Guardian" pointed out that at that time, the film and Redmayne were questioned a lot. For example, one transgender writer considered Redmayne's portrayal of the character to be a "stereotype", saying that the role "should be played by transgender people".
Redmayne's response in 2015 was, "As an actor, I want a person to be able to play any role, as long as he plays it with integrity and a sense of responsibility." ”
Six years later, Redmayne is currently working on the preparations for the return of the musical "Cabaret" to London's West End, in which he will play the host of the cabaret (Emcee).
Emcee is a gender-ambiguous character in the show, usually played by a sexual minority (LGBT) actor. As a result, controversy has re-emerged, and some of the topics have inevitably returned to 2015's "Danish Girl".
In an interview with the British newspaper The Times, Redmayne said that he had the best intentions to play the transgender role, "but I think it was a mistake[ decision]. ”
He also said that if he put it in the present, he would not take on the role again. He believes that "the controversy over the casting of the film is that many people (sexual minorities) did not have the opportunity to participate in the casting work at that time." Equality should be achieved, otherwise the controversy will continue. ”
As for the role of Emcee, he wants critics not to jump to conclusions: "Of all the scripts I've read, Emcee is the only one that can't be categorized." I hope that the audience can judge after watching the performance. ”
In fact, although he has always openly supported the transgender community, Redmayne has been repeatedly criticized by radicals on the Internet.
In June last year, in the incident in which Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling made controversial remarks against transgender groups, Redmeni triggered the dissatisfaction of radical netizens abroad.
He issued a statement at the time saying that he did not agree with Rowling's anti-transgender views, but was shocked by the harsh and disgusting insults of netizens. Some of the radical transgender supporters have only noticed the second half, adding up to him.
Shortly after the Times interview, Rowling ran into new trouble with her anti-transgender rhetoric. She said on Twitter that her home address had been photographed and that she had received many death threats.
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