Gwyneth Paltrow Joins Nicole Kidman in “The Danish Girl”
Gwyneth Paltrow will play alongside Nicole Kidman in true-life transsexual drama “The Danish Girl.”
Tomas Alfredson (”Let the Right One In”) will direct the movie from a script by Lucinda Coxon based on David Ebershoff’s international bestseller.
The movie will center on the real life story of Danish painter Einar Wegener who became the first person to go through a sex-change operation to become a woman.
Kidman had already been attached to play Einar, and Paltrow, who replaces a previously-cast Charlize Theron, will play Gerda Gottlieb Wegener Porta, fashion illustrator, who stood by her partner through the sex-change operation.
Nicole Kidman In Sex-Change Drama “The Danish Girl”
Nicole Kidman will portray 1930s painter in a true-life film titled “The Danish Girl.”
Tomas Alfredson (“Let the Right One In”) will direct the movie about Danish painter Einar Wegener who became the first person to go through a sex-change operation to become a woman.
He underwent several operations in Berlin in 1930 and took the name Lili Elbe. She was thought to be intersexual, with both male and female organs found in her body during surgeries.
Lili Elbe died aged 49 in 1931, after complications following a fifth operation in which doctors attempted to transplant a uterus into her body. Elbe had hoped to become a mother, after accepting a proposal of marriage.
Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron Set for “The Danish Girl”
Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron have signed on to star in “The Danish Girl,” film based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener.
Their marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for an female model that Greta (Theron) was set to paint.
When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a drastic transformation and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.
Anand Tucker, (Shopgirl,) is attached to direct the feature. Writer Lucinda Coxon adapted the screenplay from David Ebershoff’s 2000 bestseller.
Nicole Kidman will also produce the film and will next be seen in Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming romantic drama “Australia.”
Pre-production has begun on the indie film, but no details on a principal photography start date have been revealed.
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