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Eddie Redmayne Plays Transgender in 'The Danish Girl' (Photo)

Eddie Redmayne Plays Transgender in 'The Danish Girl' (Photo)

Eddie Redmayne‘s first post-Oscar role is a transgender character in the movie The Danish Girl and the first photo has been released!

The project was announced nearly a year ago and it reunites Eddie with his Les Miserables director Tom Hooper.

The film is a “love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander). In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman,” according to Deadline.

Also starring in the movie, due out in theaters in 2016, are Amber Heard and Matthias Schoenaerts.

Click inside to see the full photo of Eddie Redmayne as a woman…

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