Dec17
From Anna to Andy
Author // Serkan Ozturk
http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/feature/ft-new-south-wales/10089-from-anna-to-andy.html (http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/feature/ft-new-south-wales/10089-from-anna-to-andy.html)
Sydney actor Andrew Guy, formerly Anna, is documenting his journey through gender transition. But before the film is even finished, he's already making waves both in the LGBT and mainstream communities. By Serkan Ozturk.
Anna Guy had always wanted to work in film. Inspired early on by the likes of 80s teen star Michael J Fox and the Hollywood blockbusters of Stephen Spielberg that often touched upon themes of young adolescents finding their true self – think ET, Back to the Future et al – she would spend a large part of her childhood dreaming about being the next hero to save the world.
With all their training and passion for other characters, it's expected that actors will take upon a transformation when faced with a new role, but for Anna, if she were to have any success it would require a bigger transformation than simply a prosthetic nose or hours in the make-up chair. For almost three decades the acting bug remained within Anna – latent and waiting – while she pursued a successful life as a corporate high-flier travelling the world and rubbing shoulders with high-powered businessmen.
It was a good life but it wasn't a happy one.