Hit and Miss

[Clumper]

New series in Britain... its about a pre-op transsexual assassin. Would have liked if they actually had a real transsexual get the role!

http://skyatlantic.sky.com/hit-and-m...n-hit-and-miss

[Quiet Reflections]

they probably couldn't find one that could act. plus it will be much easier to get the general public to watch it if they know it is a GG playing pretend.

[Prospero]

There are several transgendered actresses - so they have no excuse. It will be interesting though to see how honest and accurate it is about transexuality. There is one greek film i saw abut two years ago which used a great pre-operative transexual actress though I don't know if she speaks English.

Actress Chloe Sevigny says to research the role of Mia she met with several women who had transitioned and read many books. In the programme she wears prosthetic genitalia for nude scenes. Strewth.

[Stavros]

But why does she have to be an assassin? Are ts natural born killers? The risk is that from the 'sexual profiling' of ts in terms of Porn, Pot and Prostitution, we now add, Psycho...Michael Caine in Dressed to Kill, whoever the drag queen was in Red Spider, Norman Bates in Hitchcock's sick over-rated film Psycho, and so on. A transgendered lawyer? A transgendered doctor? A Transgendered politician? Whatever next, a transgendered hair stylist? Is it possible for anyone to think up a new tv drama programme that doesn't involve killing?

[Richctdude]

i t will be interesting to see

[Prospero]

This is a clip from the greek film I mentioned. it is called Strella.

[SammiValentine]

There are several transgendered actresses - so they have no excuse. It will be interesting though to see how honest and accurate it is about transexuality. There is one greek film i saw abut two years ago which used a great pre-operative transexual actress though I don't know if she speaks English.

Actress Chloe Sevigny says to research the role of Mia she met with several women who had transitioned and read many books. In the programme she wears prosthetic genitalia for nude scenes. Strewth.

lol at prosthetic genitalia

[lifeisfiction]

Hollywood never cares as long as there is a profit. They will take an actor whose name sells. They don't care who the actor protrays. It comes down to the almighty dollar that determines who plays what.

[Prospero]

Hollywood never cares as long as there is a profit. They will take an actor whose name sells. They don't care who the actor protrays. It comes down to the almighty dollar that determines who plays what.

Yes - it seems we've not really moved on from when Hollywood would get white actors and black them up for ethnic minority roles. Ben Kingsley as Gandhi for instance.

[Helvis2012]

Interesting premise.