My theater friends and I debated about whether Lili should have been played by a transgender actress. Of course that would have given more transgender actress an opportunity in the spotlight which I very much support. I think that would have been amazing. Some thought it should have been done in respect to Lili as she was an actual person. Since the film is about transgender and supporting the idea of transgender it would've had a stronger impact if the actress therefore was transgender. However, the film would have been hard as Lili starts off as Einar Wegener and we have to see her as a man to be able to understand the situation and journey. Some scenes would have simply not worked if the actor had not been a man. I think you know what I mean if you watch it.
Eddy Redmayne was amazing as always. What I think is fascinating about him is that he dares to act unusual roles. Who else would have pulled off Stephen Hawking? Some critics said he was too masculine, but if anything I think he is very feminine, which worked perfectly. I love Alicia Wikander. She's beautiful and very very talented, and yes, she's Swedish. I completely got a feeling for how it must have felt for Gerda at the time. She seemed to have a full understanding for her character. I loved the chemistry between the two actors and they were phenomenal at portraying their relationship and it was truly believable.
A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
8/10
I'm not quite convinced that Lili had so many friends during this time. After all, having to be the first transgender at the time must have been extremely hard, but Lili seemed to have a lot of supporters and I found this hard to understand.
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