Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne in THE DANISH GIRL: First Look

Looks like he's going for another Oscar! This past Sunday, Eddie Redmayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and it looks like he's taking on another historical role, which he transforms himself again. Earlier today, Working Title tweeted a photo of him in The Danish Girl in which he'll be portraying transgender woman Lili Elbe, an artist from the 1930s who had a sexual reassignment surgery.

The film will be directed by Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech), who directed Redmayne in 2012's film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. It's based on the novel of the same name by David Ebershoff. 

I gotta say... he really does look like a woman. He looks like the offspring of Jessica Chastain and Christina Hendricks, if they had a kid. But, let's be serious, he really looks like a woman. I think Redmayne and Hooper reuniting after Les Miz is something positive because Les Miz was a really good movie. I wasn't blown away by Redmayne's performances until I saw The Theory of Everything, but Jupiter Ascending was really bad. I think after winning the Oscar, he's going to move away from those crappy movies like Jupiter. But, I'm really impressed with this picture and after reading how he's been doing a lot of research for this role, it seems like he's really dedicated to making this performance great. I'm interested in seeing this once a trailer comes out. 

- BS