Will a second Oscar have Nicole Kidman’s name on it? Kidman has signed on to star in The Danish Girl. She will star opposite Charlize Theron as Theron’s husband. Yes, you read that right. Kidman is playing the first post-operative transsexual Einar Wegener. Theron will play Greta, Einar’s artist wife.
Based on the novel “The Danish Girl” by David Ebershoff, it’s the true story of husband and wife artists who married in 1904. The marriage took an unexpected turn when Einar filled in for one of Greta’s models. Greta needed a pair of legs to complete a painting and Einar fit the stockings and the shoes. The result was so successful that Einar began to pose for his wife’s paintings in female clothing.
In 1913 it was discovered that the model for popular portraits of a beautiful young woman was a man. It wasn’t until 1930 that Einar began to make the physical transformation into the woman Lili Elbe. Sex reassignment surgery was being pioneered in Germany and Einar had his surgery during the early days of the procedure. One of the later procedures would eventually cost Elbe her life.
Of course it took more than a pair of shoes and stockings to drive Einar to become Lili. There’s information that suggests that Einar was intersex, looked very feminine and had both male and female physical characteristics. In other words, this isn’t going to be Kidman trying to look very masculine. It’s been said that Einar was often mistaken for a woman wearing man’s clothing.
It’s a compelling love story with great roles for both actresses. Theron is the wife who encourages her husband to take on a female persona, only to find it’s more deeply rooted than she imagined. Kidman plays the man who will face dangerous experimental surgery to transform himself into a woman.
Anand Tucker (Shopgirl, Hilary and Jackie) is going to direct from an adaptation by writer Lucinda Coxon (Wild Target) from Ebershoff’s novel. Kidman’s production company Blossom Films will produce along with Gail Mutrux (Kinsey), Anne Harrison (Two Family House), and Linda Reisman (Affliction). Blossom also has a Dusty Springfield biopic lined up for Kidman.
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妮可基德曼为（丹麦女孩）"变性"
奥斯卡会再度垂青于妮可·基德曼吗？妮可·基德曼已经决定出演“丹麦女孩”。 她将出演查理斯.塞隆的丈夫。是的，你没有看错。基德曼出演的是第一个通过变性手术改变自己性别的艺术家艾纳·魏格纳。查理兹·塞隆将扮演格里塔，艾纳的艺术家妻子。
这部电影根据大卫·埃贝尔舍夫的同名小说改编而成，与此同时，这也是一个发生在于1904年结婚的夫妇身上的真实故事。当艾娜成为格雷塔的模特后,这段婚姻发生了出乎意料的变化。格雷塔需要一位模特来完成她的油画,而艾娜正是不二人选。结果当然十分成功，艾娜开始身着女装，为他的妻子搔首弄姿。
在1913年，人们惊奇的发现年轻貌美的女子肖像画上的模特竟然是个男人！其实直到1930年，艾娜才开始做变性手术，成为莉莉.艾波。变性手术在德国比较先进，艾娜在早些时候就已经接受了部分手术。而剩下的可能会花费她一生的时间。
当然艾娜变成莉莉，这可不是仅仅一双鞋或长筒袜就尅做得到的。有消息称道，艾娜是雌雄同体，看上去十分女性化却又同时拥有男性和女性的生理特征。也就是说，基德曼不需要练成充满阳刚之气的样子。据说艾娜尽管身穿男装却常常被误认为是女性。
这是一个震撼人心的爱情故事，给两位女主角带来很大的压力。塞隆扮演的妻子鼓励丈夫学会女性的特点，但是发现结果比她想象的要难得多。而基德曼扮演的丈夫要面对充满风险的变形试验手术使自己变为女人。
剧本是由Lucinda Coxon根据David Ebershoff在2000年出版的同名小说改编的，由Anand Tucker（《导购女郎》，《希拉里和杰姬》)执导。基德曼的出品公司会一并推出吉尔.玛托（《金赛》），安妮.哈里森（《邻里之间》） 琳达.赖斯曼（《男人最痛》）的作品。Blossom公司还有《达丝蒂司普林菲德》等着基德曼的档期呢。