Summary
From moody memories of his childhood in Wales to the insider gossip of Hollywood fame, Eddie Izzard is a raconteur supreme. On the eve of his latest big movie release, he talks to Rob Driscoll about playing super-villains and koala bears and surviving love- hate relationships
EDDIE IZZARD has ambitions. He wants to do comedy in a field, Glastonbury-style. He wants to appear on The Simpsons. And he'd like to make a film, wearing a dress.See the full content of this document
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More to Eddie Than Meets the Eye
Not in a big, political, out-and-proud transvestism kind of way, however. 'I've done one film where I wore a dress, but the film I need to do has to be something where the dress is incidental, and has nothing to do with the story - a bit like in my stand-up, where I try and talk about being a transvestite in an oblique way,' he explains.
'I try not to be preachy about the transgender thing. People can be aware of it, but without feeling it's attacking or embarrassing them. I want to ta...See the full content of this document
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