Nicole Kidman to play trans as ’The Danish Girl’

[Shana A]

Nicole Kidman to play trans as 'The Danish Girl'
by Hannah Clay Wareham
Staff Reporter
Tuesday Sep 22, 2009

http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=arts&sc=movies&sc2=news&sc3=&id=96627

Nicole Kidman will take on the role of Danish painter Lili Elbe for 2011's 'The Danish Girl.' Elbe, formerly known as Einar Wegener, was one of the first known recipients of a sex change surgery (male to female), occurring in the early 1900's in Denmark.

Prior to her physical transition, Elbe met and married illustrator Gerda Gottlieb. Actress Charlize Theron had been slated to play Gottlieb in the film, but dropped out of the project. Gottlieb often used Elbe as a subject for her illustrations, and more often than not included lesbian overtones in her work.

[GinaDouglas]

Nicole Kidman huh?  If he looked like Nicole Kidman, Jerry Falwell would get a sex change.  Why don't they do a movie about someone who doesn't look female, but needs to be female anyway?