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How does an actor play an icon?

The actor Eddie Redmayne talks to Will Gompertz on playing Stephen Hawking and Stephen Hawking on seeing his life and degenerative condition portrayed on screen: 'At times I thought he was me' - a life in the stars.

First broadcast on PM, Radio 4, 9 December 2014.

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4 minutes

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