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		</div><p>Eddie Redmayne says he wants to be “an ally” instead of “talking for” the transgender community as he stars in The Danish Girl.</p>
<p>The actor plays Lili Elbe, a transgender woman who was one of the first recipients of sex reassignment surgery.</p>
<p>Appearing on the Graham Norton Show, Eddie said: “It’s been 15 years in the making and has come out at time when there has been such a shift in these issues coming to the mainstream.</p>
<p>“The story is so beautiful and the people from the trans community I met in preparing for the part were incredibly generous. It has been a privilege and, while not in any way talking for the community, I’m trying to learn to be an ally.”</p>
<p>The actor has previously revealed that he went out as Lili on the streets of Copenhagen between filming.</p>
<p>He told Graham Norton: “I was trying to get all sort of ‘method’ on it, but I’m not sure how successful I was, because at 6ft tall with a red wig and wearing 1920s gear, people just stared. But I learnt a lot about the trans world.”</p>
<p>The film has already earned him awards nominations, including a Golden Globe nod for Best Actor.</p>
<p>Eddie already has a host of awards including a win for Best Featured Actor in a Play at the Tony Awards – where he brought his mother along as his guest.</p>
<p>He said: “I took her as my date to the Tony Awards and I drummed into her, ‘They will point a camera at you so don’t be angry or upset if I don’t win’.</p>
<p>“So when I did win, I was so elated, but my mum was too terrified of what I had said to react at all and just sat there looking scared.”</p>
<p>The Graham Norton Show airs on BBC One on December 31 at 10.45pm.</p>
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