Izzard as female reimagining of Dr Jekyll, anyone ?

. Stealing a role from a woman?

I have no problem with imaginative casting as long as he doesn't take too many female roles from women actors.

I hope the pay is the usual rate for a woman.

Riverwalk you are not allowed to call Eddie Izzard “he” or the thought police will be after you. Eddie Izzard is a self-appointed woman who happens to have all the male bits

He isn't female though, unless I've missed something. I know he wears woman's clothes but I have never heard he identified as a woman. Happy to be proved wrong

tidyskatemum

Riverwalk you are not allowed to call Eddie Izzard “he” or the thought police will be after you. Eddie Izzard is a self-appointed woman who happens to have all the male bits

I thought Izzard was currently gender-fluid so he/she can't expect everyone to be up to date with how they are feeling on any given day!

I do like Eddie. Doesn't make a song or dance about pronouns either.

www.radiox.co.uk/news/tv-film/eddie-izzard-doesnt-mind-pronouns-wrong/

as long as he doesn't take too many female roles from women actors

How many is too many? One role? Five? A hundred?

Grandmabatty, he says he has days where he wakes up in girly mode.
He’s a brilliant actor and I like him but - is this like cultural appropriation ?

Wasn't dear Ralph Bates in the film Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde tears ago? I think Eddie will be really good and probably very scary.

Iam64

Grandmabatty, he says he has days where he wakes up in girly mode.
He’s a brilliant actor and I like him but - is this like cultural appropriation ?

So how is he going to play this?
As a male Dr Jekyll and female Ms Hyde?
Or vice versa?

I wonder what Robert Louis Stevenson would make of it.

Grandmabatty

He isn't female though, unless I've missed something. I know he wears woman's clothes but I have never heard he identified as a woman. Happy to be proved wrong

So if it’s a female reimagining of the role and Eddie Izzard doesn’t identify as a woman, why has he landed the role ? All very confusing.

We saw Eddie Izzard performing in Oxford years ago. Hilarious. It was his first time on stage in a dress and makeup. He made a little announcement about it.

I don’t like him or rate him anyway so I won’t be watching. I don’t think men’s gender fluid is a topic I want to read about.

Pammie1 totally agree.

I have never liked him so won't be bothering with watching him.

Don’t like the man that much, and don’t rate him very highly in the acting world He plays on the she/he business and I find that irritating. Be what ever you want to be but I don’t need to hear all about it Just get on with acting mate and stop trying to be ‘different’ to gain popularity I m not interested in his gender

She’s gender fluid and I assume the character will be as well - really looking forward to this!

I saw Maxine Peake play Hamlet a few years ago.

Eddie Izzard will be acting a fictional rôle so I don’t see that it matters.

The main question is - can he act or not?

He’s gender fluid? How can anyone know which is the appropriate pronoun without seeing him?

Ilovecheese

I hope the pay is the usual rate for a woman.

I imagine he might have over exaggerated PMT

Blossoming

Eddie Izzard will be acting a fictional rôle so I don’t see that it matters.

It matters because the ‘reimagined’ role is that of a woman - Nina Jekyll. I can’t see any reason why the role needs to be filled by a man - all sorts of implications for female actors.