According to the Daily Mail local time on the 26th, British transgender actor Eddie Izzard has confirmed to star in the Sherlock Holmes series "Sherlock's Daughter", playing a member of the Sherlock Holmes family, which will be created by Starlings Television in the United States.
Eddie, 60, is a well-known British drag comedian who suddenly revealed on the show 2 years ago that he was a transgender woman. This year, he was criticized by a large number of anti-transgender people after being photographed entering the women's bathroom without permission.
Sherlock Holmes is the most successful detective character written by British writer Conan Doyle, and has been frequently adapted into TV series or movies.
"Curly" Benedict Cumberbatch once played the role of Sherlock in the BBC series Sherlock; Johnny Lee Miller played the role in CBS's Sherlock Holmes: Basic Deduction; Robert Downey Jr. starred in "Sherlock Holmes"; In Netflix's Miss Sherlock Holmes, British actor Henry Cavill plays Sherlock Holmes, while Millie Bobby Brown plays his sister Enola Brown. Sherlock holmes.
Recently, a number of British media reported that British actor Eddie Izzard confirmed to join the "Sherlock Holmes" family and starred in "Sherlock's Daughter", which tells the story of a young American woman Amelia who went to London to find her biological father Sherlock Holmes after her mother was murdered. At the moment, it is unclear whether Eddie's character in the film is male or female.
Hollywood outlet Deadline reported that Eddie, 60 years old this year, was a drag comedian, both on stage and in life, he often wears women's clothing, 2 years ago, at an event, he suddenly declared, "I'm trying to do something that I find interesting, this is the first time I want to ask, can I be 'she' and 'her'." On social media, Eddie's statement was praised by a large number of LGBTQ+ people.
It is unclear whether Eddie actually had sex reassignment surgery physiologically, and multiple British media said that he was regarded as a gender-fluid transgender woman, and he was previously welcomed by the LGBTQ+ community for claiming to be transgender women, but this year, he was photographed in the United Kingdom after entering the women's bathroom without permission, which caused many criticism from anti-transgender people, especially women.
This time, after he was exposed that he will star in "Sherlock's Daughter", some netizens believe that Eddie is an actor, and there is no problem with what role to play;
Another part of netizens once again discussed Eddie's identity, "Please make it clear, he is a transvestite, and now he claims to be transgender and goes to the women's bathroom, which is too";
"He is (biologically) male, and no matter what he thinks in his heart, he cannot change this fact";
"Sherlock's Daughter" will be produced by Starlings Television in the United States, with British writer and filmmaker Brandon Foley as the screenwriter. A Starlings Television staff member said they believed Miss Holmes' success on Netflix would help Sherlock's Daughter gain attention quickly.
Conan Doyle died in 1930, and most of his works are no longer copyrighted. After 70 years of protection in the UK, his Sherlock Holmes story has now all lapsed. In the United States, 10 of his detective stories remain copyrighted and expire next year. "Sherlock's Daughter" will start filming next year.
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