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Hilary Swank reveals it would be a 'great opportunity' for a trans actor to play her Oscar-winning role in Boys Don't Cry


Hilary Swank, 49, revealed that she hopes a trans actor would take on her role in Boys Don't Cry if the film was made today, while adding that it would be a 'great opportunity.'

Hilary Swank, 49, revealed that she hopes a trans actor would take on her role in Boys Don't Cry if the film was made today; seen in February in L.A. In the biographical movie - which also starred Chloe Sevigny and Peter Sarsgaard - Swank notably took on the role of a transgender man named Brandon Teena (seen above). The premise of the film follows, 'A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska,' per IMDB, but falls victim to a brutal hate crime.

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