There’s a lot of debate when it comes to trans people playing trans characters, and as a subject that’s been rehashed countless of times (you can scroll through pages of articles and blogs about Dallas Buyer’s Club, for instance), I don’t want to keep going around in circles. There’s a lot of anger, a lot of emotion, and a lot of criticism towards Hollywood directors, casting agents, and non-trans actors who take on roles as trans people.
I feel, from a trans perspective, that their anger is justified: it’s disheartening to see actors who do not identify as trans, cast time and time again in place of trans people. It seems that adding their name to the list now is Eddie Redmayne, of Les Mis fame, who’s set to play Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl.
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