Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 6, 2018 21:27:32 GMT
As to my question concerning why Linda Hunt played Billy:
Found this tidbit :
Director Peter Weir cast Linda Hunt in the role of Billy Kwan, after failing to find an actor who could play the part in the way he wanted.
It also said that she replaced another actor in the role.
Not to mention that the unconventional casting would get people's attention (?)
Linda Hunt is the first actress to have won an Academy Award for portraying a member of the opposite sex. Hunt is also the only actress ever to win an Academy Award for playing a man, with no cross dressing or gender confusion involved.
Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999)) received one for playing a biological female, who identifies as a man, Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love (1998)) received one for playing a woman, pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman.
Link to more about the movie
onethreetwo
Found this tidbit :
Director Peter Weir cast Linda Hunt in the role of Billy Kwan, after failing to find an actor who could play the part in the way he wanted.
It also said that she replaced another actor in the role.
Not to mention that the unconventional casting would get people's attention (?)
Linda Hunt is the first actress to have won an Academy Award for portraying a member of the opposite sex. Hunt is also the only actress ever to win an Academy Award for playing a man, with no cross dressing or gender confusion involved.
Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry (1999)) received one for playing a biological female, who identifies as a man, Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love (1998)) received one for playing a woman, pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman.
Link to more about the movie
onethreetwo