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Hilary Swank Says ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ Would Be “Great Role For Trans Actor Today”
The actress won an Oscar for her role of transgender man Brandon Teena in the 1999 movie.
Hilary Swank has reflected on her role in Boys Don’t Cry two decades ago, saying changing awareness means she wouldn’t take the part today. Swank won her first Oscar for the role of real-life transgender man Brandon Teena, murdered in a hate crime, in the movie which was released in 2000. Eddie Redmayne, who played real-life transgender woman artist Lili Elbe in the film The Danish Girl, has since said he wouldn’t take the part if it were offered today.
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