1st glimpse of Eddie Redmayne in role as transgender pioneer

An image posted Friday on Twitter gives a very different view of Oscar-winning British actor Eddie Redmayne.

Elbe, born in Denmark as Einar Wegener, was an artist who began to experiment with gender identity while married to a fellow painter. Eventually Elbe made the decision to undergo a sex change, and the surgery was carried out in Germany in 1930.

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