The Toughest Scene I Wrote: “The Danish Girl”

Once again, Vulture does screenwriters a solid:

Vulture is speaking to the screenwriters behind 2015’s most acclaimed movies about the scenes they found most difficult to crack.

In an article about the movie The Danish Girl, screenwriter Lucinda Coxon discusses the challenge of revealing backstory about the married couple Gerda (Alicia Vikander) and Einar’s (Eddie Redmayne):

There’s a scene where Gerda Wegener describes first meeting her spouse. She talks about how shy ‘Einar’ was, blushing at her polite approach. And later, after she had invited the young painter for coffee, she had initiated a kiss, and discovered “the strangest thing … It was like kissing myself …”

For the rest of the article, go here. Kudos to Vulture for this annual series which puts the spotlight on screenwriters.