Hilary Swank is thinking about how her film, Boys Dont Cry, would be different if made today.

Swank won an Oscar for the 2000 drama, but in a new interview , the star said shed appreciate seeing a transgender actor play the part of Brandon Teena, a man who was killed in a transphobic hate crime in 1993.

Talking to The Times of London, Swank said, Now for the most part, in most places, its accepted to be a trans person. [But] at that time, people werent even coming out as gay and lesbian, it was a career killer, or whatever.

They werent ready to tell their family, or maybe they werent even ready to tell themselves, she continued. Were in such different times I feel like it would be a great opportunity for an actor whos trans to play that role.

Swank added that she isnt opposed to cisgender actors playing trans roles, saying, I also feel like actors are actors.