Redmayne goes from strength to strength with new Hawking biopic

NINE years can be a long time in an actor’s life — particularly for one who’s gone from just starting out to being a household name in that time — but Eddie Redmayne is still pinching himself about filming scenes for a movie that came out almost a decade ago.
“I’ll never forget arriving on set on the first day, for the 2006 film The Good Shepherd, where I played Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon’s son,” says the boyish-looking 32-year-old, smartly dressed in dark trousers, grey jacket and navy jumper.