Eddie Izzard on Beating Anti-Trans Hate, a New Run for Office, and Being ‘Relentless’

Jan 1 2023 by The Daily Beast

 
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New York City will always do New York City, and so as Eddie Izzard drank from her cup of black coffee talking about playing every character in a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, the most effective ways to conquer transphobia, and her plans for a one-woman Hamlet, a familiar sonic cavalcade of siren upon siren—fire engines, ambulances, police cars—passed by our restaurant.

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