Eddie Redmayne certainly looks ready for the Academy Awards here. But the British thesp, who is already an Oscar frontrunner for his multifaceted performance as physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, says that the recognition has been nice—but that certainly wasn't the point of taking on such a demanding role. "Please don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful compliment," said Redmayne, styled by Dan May and looking all sorts of dapper in photos by Tom Craig for the U.K.-based mag Mr. Porter. "I just hope it serves to get the story out to more people." The wheelchair-bound Hawking, who famously communicates via voice machine, was diagnosed with a delibilitating...
- 12/18/2014
- E! Online
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