The film stars Redmayne - who bagged an Oscar last year for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything - as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery. He described the role as a 'dream come true.' He once again undergoes a considerable phyiscal and psychological transformation as he potrays the struggles that come with undergoing what was then an exteremly radical procedure .
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