Stephen Hawking wasn’t at the Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday night, but he let the world know how proud he was of Eddie Redmayne. Redmayne picked up the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of theoretical physicist Hawking in The Theory of Everything at Sunday night’s ceremony.
“Well done Eddie, I’m very proud of you,” Hawking wrote on Facebook on Monday.
The Theory of Everything focuses on Hawking’s relationship with his future wife, Jane Wilde Hawking, as he deals with the onset of the motor neurone disease ALS. Redmayne was the favorite to take the award after the film was a success with both movie-goers and critics.
