"The Danish girl was a mistake." Eddie Redmayne regrets playing a transgender woman
Eddie Redmayne's career was at its best when 'The Danish Girl' was released, for which he got his second – and for now last – Oscar nomination. Already then there was some controversy for playing Lili Elbe in it, considered the first known transsexual woman, and now the actor admits that he regrets having done so.
"I made that movie with the best intentions"
It has been in an interview granted to The Times where the winner of an Oscar for 'The Theory of Everything' has confessed that today he would not accept the role, pointing out the reasons for having changed his mind about it:
He wouldn't accept it now. I made that movie with the best of intentions, but I think it was a mistake. The biggest discussion of frustrations over it is because so many people don't have a seat at the table. There must be a balance, otherwise we will continue to have these discussions.
It is clear that it refers to the fact that representation matters and there are groups that have been systematically ignored. There will be those who may see it as irrelevant, but most likely because they are not at all affected by that lack of representation and simply consider any effort to solve it as forced. After all, for that person there was nothing wrong, but the point is that he was.
Little by little steps are being taken to solve it, because even in Marvel they are breaking with years of resistance to doing it decisively. Resistance from a certain sector of the public may affect the reception of certain titles, but it is inevitable and desirable. Of course, please, that a film is very inclusive does not mean that it is good, let's not forget that either.
