5 years after he earned an Oscar nomination for his flip in The Danish Woman, Eddie Redmayne has spoken out about accepting a task as a trans girl within the movie. Within the Tom Hooper-directed movie, Redmayne starred as one of many first folks on the earth to endure gender reassignment surgical procedure. On the time, his efficiency acquired backlash from people who demanded that the character be performed by a trans actor as an alternative.

In a current interview with The Sunday Occasions, nonetheless, Redmayne clarified that taking the function was in the end a “mistake” and that he wouldn’t signal onto the film immediately.

“No, I wouldn’t take it on now. I made that movie with one of the best intentions, however I feel it was a mistake,” Redmayne mentioned.

Later within the interview, Redmayne additionally acknowledged that The Danish Woman was introduced into being as a consequence of the truth that he — a significant celeb, who had even simply received Greatest Actor for his function in The Concept of All the pieces — had signed on. Leaping off of this, Redmayne burdened that extra should be completed to remove from such robust energy disparities in casting that result in much less trans actors being thought-about for such roles.

“The larger dialogue concerning the frustrations round casting is as a result of many individuals don’t have a chair on the desk. There should be a levelling, in any other case we’re going to keep it up having these debates.”

Redmayne’s interview with The Sunday Occasions was to advertise his new manufacturing of Cabaret at London’s Playhouse Theatre, starring alongside Jessie Buckley. He’ll be starring as The Emcee, or the Grasp of Ceremonies, a task that has been performed a handful of instances by LGBTQ+ actors since its debut in 1966.

“Of all of the characters I’ve ever learn, this one defies pigeonholing. I might ask folks to return and see it earlier than casting judgment,” Redmayne mentioned.

The place to observe The Danish Woman