Izzard won't skirt issues in new flick

Cross-dressing comic Eddie Izzard is making a film about his life.

Izzard will be the subject of Diva 51, a revealing feature-length documentary which will explore the subject of his transvestism – he once famously described himself as “a lesbian trapped in a man’s body“.

Cameras have been following him for the past three years as he has risen to become a star on both sides of the Atlantic.