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A representative for Anything's producers did not return a request for comment by the time this article went to press, nor did a publicist for Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo, an executive producer for the film, amicably responded to concerns from the trans community on Twitter."To the Trans community. I hear you. It's wrenching to you see you in this pain. I am glad we are having this conversation. It's time," he wrote.In her YouTube video, Richards also expressed concern over the content of the script she read at the time she auditioned for the role. Anything is based on a Timothy McNeil play about a Southern widower named Early Landry, whose sister relocates him to Los Angeles after several suicide attempts. The play revolves around his budding relationship with a "drug-addicted transvestite prostitute" named Freda Von Rhenberg. (While a press release reported that the character Bomer plays in Anything is transgender, the character in McNeil's original play is reportedly a "transvestite." "Transvestite" is an outdated and problematic term for cross dresser, which is distinct from transgender.)"When we think of trans people, besides Laverne [Cox] and Caitlyn [Jenner], we think of Jared Leto, Jeffrey Tambor, Eddie Redmayne, and now Matt Bomer. We're basically telling the world trans women are just men performing gender. I can't stand that or let that go unchecked." —Jen Richards
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