On screens leaves a drama "Girl from Denmark" — a film on the topic of the day, it's a Brit Eddie Redmayne again shows miracles of transformation.
Foundation, a little pink blush, red lipstick, and drawn with a pencil barely noticeable freckles and face tridtsatitrehletny actor Eddie Redmayne changing beyond recognition. Timid smile, piercing gaze from under lowered lashes on the set, stylized loft artist, enters not Eddie, and the heroine of the film "Girl from Denmark", which will première in January.
"The most difficult thing is to find a balance,' says make-up artist Jan Sewell, while actor posing Annie Leibovitz. — Overdo it and it will be similar to the painted man. Through trial and error we managed to achieve the desired effect — Transfiguration without the grotesque. I only slightly changed the shape of his mouth, made it more soft and sensual."
Sewell and Redmayne — developed tandem, that Jen helped muddy, like a porcelain figurine, a beautiful actor with a noble face and as if glowing from within the skin to become disfigured by disease, confined to a wheelchair astrophysicist Stephen Hawking — for this work, Eddie received the "Oscar". And here a new challenge: the role of the first in the history of mankind transsexual Lili Elbe in the biopic "the Danish Girl" directed by Tom Hooper, known for four times Oscar-winning film "the King speaks!",
The film is based on the eponymous book by contemporary American writer David Ebershoff and tells about the life of the Dane Einar Wegener, at the end of the nineteenth century decided on first in the history of the sex-change operation. On the story of Einar and his proud wife, played by rising star Alicia vikander, artists. Hurrying to finish the portrait of a young girl, Gerda asks her husband to help her and to pose in the female form ("would You mind putting my stockings and shoes?" — "Don't tell anyone"). First, reincarnation is just a way of earning on the proceeds from the sale of paintings money pair could move to Paris, but then a harmless experiment turns the lives of both.
"Everybody says that "Girl from Denmark" — recent movie the viewers are expecting, says Tom Hooper. — Funny to hear! Our film started as a nonprofit project, the script spent several years". Now, however, interest in the tape is really great, pas different stages to participate in it claimed Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron. Over the past year, transgender people were at the center of public attention. The main newsmaker was Caitlin Jenner — had a sex change Olympic champion Bruce Jenner. Actress-transsexual Laverne Cox was nominated for Emmy, About the fate of people living in the wrong body, were filmed the movie "About ray" with Elle fanning, Naomi watts and Susan Sarandon and was awarded "Golden globe" serial "Obvious".
"After playing Lily, I can call myself a lawyer if not, then at least an ally of those who are going through something like this, said Mr. Redmayne, But first of all, the "Girl from Denmark" is a beautiful love story of two artists ". For him the film is not a social gesture, not an attempt to call society to action, and psychological cinema, a story about finding your place in life and the desire of the individual to happiness in spite of circumstances and roles.
