The 'Theory of Everything' actor feels like a 'kid in a candy store' coming to the awards shows where so many big stars are in attendance.
- Jan 29, 2015
AceShowbiz - Eddie Redmayne feels giddy this awards season because not only does he receive numerous nominations and already won some but also he gets to meet his favorite stars. "It's sort of kid in a candy store," he told Jimmy Kimmel. "It's all these people that you've long admired."
"My wife [Hannah Bagshawe] and I love 'Friends'," the British actor said during a visit to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". "We saw Jennifer Aniston at a party and we were just incredibly inappropriate. We so wanted to meet her that we sort of literally stalked about 4 meters behind her for an entire evening."
"Eventually I think she was like, 'OK,' " he joked. "So we got to meet her and she was as beautiful and wonderful as you'd expect her to be. She could've turned around and slapped us for being stalkers."
Redmayne also recalled his "pretty breathtaking" encounter with Julia Roberts who presented him an award at the SAGs over the weekend. "My dad's favorite film is 'Pretty Woman' so as a kid, I think at an inappropriate age, I was watching 'Pretty Woman,' " he explained.
"This moment happens when your name gets read out and it's such sort of extraordinary euphoria, and it's kind of white noise, it all goes into a sort of blur," he remembered. "Then suddenly, there I was hugging Julia Roberts." He added, "And then I was meant to sort of be articulate and all I could think of was, 'I wanna tell my dad!' It was amazing ... we had a long conversation afterward."
In addition to the SAG award, Eddie Redmayne already took home a Golden Globe as well for his role as Stephen Hawking in "The Theory of Everything". He is also vying for Best Actor title at the upcoming Academy Awards.
