The English actor, singer, model and started his professional career as an actor in both theatre and television roles in the early 2000s. Eddie Redmayne, is set to play the role of transgender artist Lili Elbe in the movie 'The Danish Girl', an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Tom Hooper, and the film is based on the 2000 novel by David Ebershoff.
Eddie Redmayne said that he admires Caitlyn Jenner for having the ''courage'' to open up about her struggle. Jenner was known as Bruce before her transition. Caitlyn Jenner is a retired American athlete and known for winning the men's decathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Eddie Redmayne stated, ''I absolutely salute her courage. Hers is a very specific story, and it's one that shouldn't stand for everybody's. But it is amazing what she's gone through and how she's done it. It's a civil rights movement.'' Redmayne also said, "My greatest ignorance when I started was that gender and sexuality were related," "And that's one of the key things I want to hammer home to the world: You can be gay or straight, trans man or woman, and those two things are not necessarily aligned."
The 33 year old Eddie Redmayne underwent schooling by the trans community for three years,in order to help the Oscar winner prepare for the role.and after the schooling, Redmayne admitted that his own views was changed. It made Eddie Redmayne realize that gender is ''fluid''.
Eddie Redmayne had said that he's "nervous" about the outcome of the film in regards to trans communities, where Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox have helped bring trans issues into public awareness.
Redmayne stated, "Virtually all of the trans men and women I met would say, 'Ask me anything,'" Redmayne also said, "They know that need for cisgender people to be educated. I felt like, I'm being given this extraordinary experience of being able to play this woman, but with that comes this responsibility of not only educating myself but hopefully using that to educate (an audience). Gosh, it's delicate. And complicated."
