EDDIE REDMANYE INSPIRATION

Eddie Redmayne was inspired by Caitlyn Jenner in transgender role

Inspiration: Eddie Redmayne and Caitlyn Jenner

Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has been inspired by Caitlyn Jenner
after playing a transgender woman in new flick The Danish Girl.
Eddie, 33, gushes: “I absolutely salute her courage. Hers is a very specific story, but it is amazing what she’s gone through and how she’s done it.”
He adds: “It’s a civil rights movement.”

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Talking about his new movie, where he plays Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sexual reassignment surgery, Eddie admits: “I knew nothing about it, going in.
“But it felt like it was a piece about authenticity and love and the courage it takes to be yourself.”