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Eddie Redmayne brands his Oscar-nominated role as transgender artist in The Danish Girl ‘a mistake’

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Eddie Redmayne has revealed that he wouldn’t accept his role in the 2015 film The Danish Girl if he was offered it today, saying it was ‘a mistake’ on his part.Speaking to The Times, the 2015 Oscar-winner – who was also nominated for his lead role in this movie the following year said: ‘I wouldn’t take it on now.

I made that film with the best intentions, but I think it was a mistake.’ His casting as artist Lili Elbe, who underwent one of the earliest sex confirmation surgeries in Germany in 1930, has often been condemned, with critics believing that the role should have been played by a trans actor.Redmayne added: ‘The bigger discussion about the frustrations around casting is because many people don’t have a chair at the table.

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