Hawking himself, now 73, would be judging the performance of Redmayne, who turned 33 in January.
Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory of Everything," based on the life of Stephen Hawking.
Hawking trekked to London to see the film ahead of its November 7 release.
Redmayne told Variety that before watching the movie, the cosmologist warned: "I'll let you know what I think — good or otherwise."
Redmayne said he answered, "Stephen, if it's otherwise, you don't need to go into details.".
'He emailed us,' Marsh says, 'and said there were certain points when he thought he was watching himself.'.
Hawking was so thrilled with the movie he gave his blessing for filmmakers to use his trademarked computer voice. »