Nicole Kidman as a Transsexual – Yeah, I can see that

You know, I love Nicole Kidman, but I can see her as a transsexual. She just has that sort of man/girl thing going, you know?

Now she’s signed to star in and produce “The Danish Girl,” playing the world’s first post-op transsexual, Einar, married to a model named Greta Wegener (Charlize Theron).

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It’s based on a true story of the two Danish artists, whose marriage got interesting when Einar stood in for an female model that Greta was set to paint.

When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.

It’s hard to imagine someone doing that in the 1930s! I’m sure he/she took a lot of heat for it. And Kidman and Theron are no strangers to playing alternative-life characters, either. Kidman earned an Oscar for her lesbian character in “The Hours,” and Theron did the same for “Monster.”

Anand Tucker (“Shopgirl”) is attached to direct, from a script by Lucinda Coxon based on the novel by David Ebershoff. Pre-production has begun on the indie film, but no details on a principal photography start date yet.

Image: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, Picturehouse Entertainment, 2005; Source: The Hollywood Reporter