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- Yes. In real life, the couple's actress friend, Anna Larssen, unexpectedly arrived at the studio when Einar was standing in for her. She nicknamed her stand-in "Lili" and Gerda encouraged it.
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Nov 24, 2015 · Did a friend of the couple really come up with the name Lili? Yes. In real life, the couple's actress friend, Anna Larssen, unexpectedly arrived at the studio when Einar was standing in for her. She nicknamed her stand-in "Lili" and Gerda encouraged it. (Amber Heard's character, Ulla Paulson, was inspired by Anna Larssen.)
The character Hans Axgil did not exist in her life and was merely a loose inspiration from Porta, though the real Fernando Porta was not a childhood friend of Lili. The surname Axgil is a reference to the Danish couple Axel and Eigil Axgil , the first gay couple ever to enter into a registered partnership .
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May 14, 2023 · Published May 14, 2023. Updated June 12, 2023. A successful painter who lived in Paris, Einar Wegener would undergo groundbreaking gender-affirming surgeries and live as Lili Elbe before dying in 1931. Einar Wegener didn’t know how unhappy he was in his own skin until he met Lili Elbe.
Eddie Redmayne researched his role as Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl for a year. Credit: Universal Eddie Redmayne, who plays Lili, researched the role for a full year before filming began.
Dec 9, 2015 · Later, a friend comes up with the name “Lili” and the new secret becomes powerful yearning. Like “The Danish Girl,” “The New Girlfriend” is told from the perspective of a woman who observes the transition in someone else.
Sep 18, 2015 · Lili and Gerda’s artistic relationship, in turn, accounted for a large part of his interest in The Danish Girl; the work of one of Redmayne’s favorite painters, the Danish artist Vilhelm ...
Dec 24, 2015 · Email. The film centers on Lili Elbe, one of the first people known to have had gender reassignment surgery. Redmayne says it's "about love not being defined by gender ... but really being...
