Kidman and Theron become ‘Danish Girls’

Nicole Kidman is getting ready to play dress up again, but it might take a lot of make-up to pass herself off as a man. After top billing in Australia, the actress is going the Cate Blanchett/Felicity Huffman in Transamerica route, demonstrating that she is not averse to taking on roles that don’t fit the mold (Dogville, Birth, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus). Kidman will be playing hubby and then post-op transsexual to Charlize Theron in a fictionalized biopic portrait on Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener. The period piece bases itself on true events and scribe Lucinda Coxon will base herself on David Ebershoff‘s novel of the same name.

The Danish Girl looks at how the marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for a female model that Greta (Theron) was set to paint. When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einar to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.

To be produced by Kidman along with Gail Mutrux, Anne Harrison and Linda Reisman, currently they’ve got Shopgirl // When Did You Last See Your Father?’s Anand Tucker attached to direct