A few days ago, Mikki commented that Mehdi Dehbi in the film He’s My Girl“does the best job of female impersonation I’ve ever seen in a film. Unlike very many of these films, there’s no reason to go into ‘deliberate suspension of belief’ when perceiving Naim/Habiba as a female.”
Lee Pace in Soldier’s Girl
I admit that my trans-radar did not sound off immediately when I first saw Mehdi Dehbi in that film and he should receive two bra cups up for his femulation. On the other hand, there are other film femulations that can compete with Mehdi Dehbi.
Lee Pace in Soldier’s Girl, Romain Duris in The New Girlfriend and Matthias Schweighöfer in Woman in Love come to mind immediately and I am sure there are others that are just as good. (For a long time, I thought Tony Curtis’ femulation in Some Like It Hot was excellent until I discovered that his very female voice was dubbed in – by a man, Paul Frees.)
That’s just my opinion. So who do you think was an excellent film femulator? Let us know in the Comments below.
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| Matthias Schweighöfer femulating in the 2011 German film Woman in Love (Rubbeldiekatz). |