In Bed With Eddie Redmayne! Actor Talks Oscar Buzz With Mr Porter

Alas you can't actually climb into bed with Eddie Redmayne but there is not denying that he is quite the hot piece at the moment, both physically but also in an awards season sense. The actor, with arguably the greatest cheekbones in the entire British Isles, is gaining much Oscar buzz for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything. But, as the MR Porter Journal found out, the gracious actor isn’t taking the hype too seriously, 'please don’t get me wrong, it’s a wonderful compliment… I just hope it serves to get the story out to more people…' ERRR could Eddie get any cuter?

In the interview the actor also talks about the difficulties of playing a character who’s body progressively weakens due to motor neuron disease- a task made significantly more difficult by the fact that the scenes were not shot in chronological order. 'On the first day of filming, we shot three scenes. The first scene of the start of the film, pre-diagnosis. The second was when Stephen was using two walking sticks. By the third he was in his second wheelchair. I was terrified… I was having a complete meltdown… I was thinking, ‘I can’t start a job like this."' If that doesn’t deserve an Oscar, we don’t know what does!

Eddie’s task was made even tougher by the Physicist paying very close attention to the film and after initially meeting Professor Hawking whilst filming, Eddie say, ‘I met him again just before he saw the film, I said “I hope you enjoy it, and please let me know what you think." A minute or two passed as he typed away... “I will let you know what I think. Good, or, otherwise”’ Luckily for Eddie the film went down very well with the Professor and he was even seen having a tear wiped away by his nurse.

Despite being the most distinguished of chaps on the red carpet he is in fact colour-blind, relying on those around him to identify colours. When the actor attended the world premiere of the film at the Toronto Film Festival, he opted for an eye catching double-breasted Burberry suit in teal. So eye catching he says in the interview that Hannah Bagshawe, the now Mrs Redmayne remarked, ‘You’re not wearing that,’ with Eddie saying in response, ‘I know… it’s green.’ As a final passing shot Hannah replied with, ‘That’s not green, Eddie, it’s f***king… green.’

The Mr. Porter Journal doesn’t just stop with an interview, with the acting world’s piece of the moment on hand the natural thing to do is to put him in the pieces of the moment for an accompanying shoot. We’re talking lux tuxes and even a robe, which is unintentionally seductive. He is in a robe. On a telephone. In bed. With breakfast. Let’s just say we want to eat Eddie for breakfast after seeing this shoot. Side of sausage anyone?

***Read the full interview in the MR Porter Journal online. ***

Photography by Mr Tom Craig