The film "The Whale" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a cisgender man's struggles with grief, health, and his estranged daughter, following the death of his male partner.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "The Whale" is a direct adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's 2012 play. All major characters, including Charlie, Ellie, Liz, Thomas, and Mary, maintain the same gender as established in the original source material. No characters were depicted with a different gender than their canonical portrayal.

The film adapts a play where character races were not explicitly defined. While some roles were cast with actors of different racial backgrounds than original stage productions, no character was canonically, historically, or widely established as a specific race in the source material that was then changed.