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Lucinda Coxon (born 1962) is an English playwright and screenwriter. She was born in Derby. Education. In 1981, Coxon enrolled at Somerville College, Oxford . Works. Plays.
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- The Danish Girl
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- Playwright and screenwriter
Writer: The Danish Girl. Lucinda Coxon is an award-winning writer for film, television, and stage. Her feature screenplays include The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander, Wild Target, starring Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, and Rupert Grint; and The Heart of Me, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, and Paul Bettany.
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Jan 15, 2016 · WRITERS ON WRITING: Lucinda Coxon on Theatre, Breaking In and The Danish Girl - Script Magazine. Writer of 'The Danish Girl,' Lucinda Coxon, shares her insights on being both a playwright and a screenwriter as well as how she navigates the challenges of the film industry. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman. Jan 15, 2016.
- There has only been one writer involved. In the past 11 years, the project went through three false starts, about six directors attached and 20 drafts — but Coxon was the only writer the whole time.
- The source book was a novel. Ebershoff had a hard time tracking down the real-life details of Einar Wegener, who transitioned into Lili Elbe. So Ebershoff novelized it, turning wife Gerda into an American from his hometown of Pasadena, Calif.
- Nicole Kidman wanted to play the Eddie Redmayne role. Kidman was sent the script in 2009, with the offer to play Gerda. But she was more interested in playing Einar/Lili.
- Despite the long gestation, it was a fast birth. Casting director Nina Gold sent Coxon’s script to Tom Hooper, who loved it and was determined to film it — but only after directing the 2012 movie “Les Miserables.”
Nov 26, 2015 · Written for the screen by Lucinda Coxon and based on David Ebershoff’s novel of the same title, “The Danish Girl” is a fictionalized biography of Lili Elbe (as Einar Wegener came to be known),...
Jan 4, 2016 · The Danish Girl 's complicated gestation period is where I began when i sat down with the woman who'd been with the project the longest, its screenwriter Lucinda Coxon. Our interview is after the jump... Lucinda Coxon at the premiere. NATHANIEL R: Lucinda, when I was first heard about it this film it was a Nicole Kidman project.
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