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The filmmaker, who uses they/them pronouns, cast trans actors to play cisgender straight men who pretend to be trans women, a decision that recalls the gender-bending twists of stories like Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
The 2006 cult classic twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night starred Amanda Bynes as a cross-dressing soccer prodigy and Channing Tatum as the clueless, heartthrob team captain.
—Paulina Prosnitz, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024
Mobile’s Mardi Gras is a massive cultural event today, with 40 parades rolling through downtown, from the Twelfth Night on January 6 up until Fat Tuesday, which falls on March 4 in 2025.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2025
Her other credits included Boeing-Boeing (2008), La Bête (2010), Twelfth Night (2013), Richard III (2013) and Farinelli and the King (2017), which all starred Rylance.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
The 2006 cult classic twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night starred Amanda Bynes as a cross-dressing soccer prodigy and Channing Tatum as the clueless, heartthrob team captain.
—Paulina Prosnitz, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024
Mobile’s Mardi Gras is a massive cultural event today, with 40 parades rolling through downtown, from the Twelfth Night on January 6 up until Fat Tuesday, which falls on March 4 in 2025.
—Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 23 Jan. 2025
Her other credits included Boeing-Boeing (2008), La Bête (2010), Twelfth Night (2013), Richard III (2013) and Farinelli and the King (2017), which all starred Rylance.
—Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Twelfth Night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Twelfth%20Night. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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