1st look at Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne in "The Danish Girl"February 27, 2015 - 10:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After portraying Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything", Eddie Redmayne is now playing a transgender pioneer in a new drama. The first photo from the movie "The Danish Girl" which arrived online on Thursday, February 26 sees the Oscar-winning actor sporting a green dress and red lipstick, AceShowbiz reports. In the upcoming movie directed by Tom Hooper, Redmayne plays Danish-born artist Einar Wegener who is known as one of the first people who underwent sex reassignment surgery. The painter was later known as Lili Elbe. The movie, which also stars Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard, is set for release later this year. As reported by Daily Mail, the "Les Miserables" star has been working with movement director Alexandra Reynolds since January to prepare for the role. "We're looking at everything from a feminine perspective. How to sit, to walk, to pose, roll on a pair of stockings. How to put on a pair of heels - and how to walk in them. Everything," the actor shared. The 33-year-old actor also talked about Wegener who underwent the surgery in the 1930s. "The danger of surgery was so extreme then. It's such a brave thing that Einar did," he said. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |