Published 20:35 IST, March 23rd 2021

Eddie Izzard opens up about playing a male lead after changing her pronouns

Eddie Izzard will be playing the male lead in the upcoming war drama film Six Minutes To Midnight. The movie will mark Izzard's debut in writing for a film.

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Eddie Izzard is a stand-up comedian who has appeared in various movies like Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. comedian in a recent interaction with EW opened up about starring in movie Six Minutes To Midnight after changing her pronouns from him/he to she/her.

Eddie Izzard's latest movie Six Minutes To Midnight

Eddie Izzard's latest movie Six Minutes To Midnight will mark Izzard's writing debut. Izzard, along with Goddard and Celyn Jones, wrote screenplay and story of movie. filming of movie was completed before Eddie Izzard announced that she preferred pronouns she/her. Opening up about playing a male le in her upcoming movie, Eddie told EW that she announced that she was gay almost 35 years ago and that pronouns don't make a difference and she was gender fluid. Speaking about role in Six Minutes To Midnight, Izzard ded that because she was playing male role, she gave permission to people to call her whatever y wanted to and that it wasn't a big deal.

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In Six Minutes to Midnight, Izzard plays role of Thomas Miller, a half-German, half-English man who takes a job as a teacher at a private British school that provides education to young German women while country is on brink of World War II. Six Minutes To Midnight cast also includes actors like Judi Dench, Carla Juri, James D'Arcy and Jim Brobent. movie was initially supposed to release on 29th May 2020 but was postponed to 26 March 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Comedian Eddie Izzard has done various successful comedy tours like Live at Ambassors, Definite Article, Glorious, Dress to Kill, Circle, Stripped, and Force Majeure. Her comedy special Dress to Kill went on to get her an award at Primetime Emmys in categories of Outstanding Writing and Individual Performance in a variety, music, or comedy program. A few of Eddie Izzard's movies include Alien Invasion, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Valkyrie,  Lego Batman Movie,  Song of Names, Whisky Galore, Lost Christmas and  High Note.

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Image source: Eddie Izzard's Instagram

19:43 IST, March 23rd 2021